Maine Governor Mills Vetoes Statewide Data Center Moratorium (1)

Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed what would have been the first statewide freeze on large data center development, saying it would hurt a part of Maine in need of an economic boost.

Mills, a Democrat running for US Senate, bucked her own party in rejecting a proposed moratorium on permitting for data centers larger than 20 megawatts until November 2027. The veto likely kills the measure in its current form. While the proposal garnered nearly unanimous support from Democratic legislators when it passed earlier this month, the number of backers is still well short of the two-thirds threshold necessary for ...