Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoes statewide data center moratorium bill
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) vetoed legislation on Friday that would have established the first statewide moratorium on large-scale data center construction in the United States, lasting until November 2027. Mills cited concerns about jeopardizing a data center project in Jay, Maine, projected to bring 800 temporary and 100 permanent jobs. Instead, she announced plans to issue an executive order creating a council to study the impacts of large-scale data centers.
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The Hill
Maine governor vetoes statewide pause in new data centers
political context for Mills' Senate run
Mother Jones
Why Maine's Governor Just Killed a Pioneering Data Center Moratorium
critical of veto with environmental and political framing
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- The Hill+6.3 h
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Wire outlets frame this as a historic first vetoed; Mother Jones foregrounds political liability in Mills' Senate race and a growing national moratorium movement, context the others largely omit.
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“Maine governor blocks first US state freeze on new data centers” · The Hill, Reuters, Politico
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The moratorium would have lasted for one-and-a-half years
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