Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed the nation’s first proposed statewide data center moratorium bill Thursday, blocking a construction freeze set to run through Nov. 1, 2027.
Mills, a Democrat seeking her party’s nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins, said she would have signed L.D. 307 but for its lack of an exemption for a planned $550 million data center at the former Androscoggin Mill in Jay, which holds “strong local support.”
The bill also proposed a 13-member council to study data center impacts on infrastructure and energy. Mills said she will establish a similar commission by executive order.
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