News4 has learned Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy is pausing data center development through an executive order.

The county council is set to pass a separate resolution Tuesday that will also temporarily block data center approvals.

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Taylor Frazier's petition to stop a data center from being built on the site of the old Landover Mall got more than 20,000 signatures. She's happy Prince George's County is moving to stop data center development — for now.

“I’m excited about the temporary pause,” she said. “I think that it shows the people have a voice. People have power.”

Braveboy’s executive order puts a temporary hold on permits and applications, and Council Member Wala Blegay’s resolution Tuesday would

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