The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze - AP News

Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers

The Maine legislature passed the first state ban in the nation on the development of large data centers on Tuesday.  The temporary measure, which lasts for 1.5 years, restricts the construction of new data centers that use over 20 megawatts of power. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Janet Mills (D) for…

How Maine lawmakers are reacting to large data center projects

Maine state lawmakers, Rep. Melanie Sachs and Senator Matt Harrington, join CBS News with more on large data center projects being proposed for the state.

Maine legislature approves first US moratorium on big data centers - Reuters

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Maine Said No to New Data Centers. Other States Are Racing to Follow.

The AI infrastructure reckoning has until recently stayed local, its battles fought in the relatively puny arenas of town council and zoning commission meetings. But the pushback to hyperscale data centers has now stepped onto a larger stage: this week, Maine’s legislature passed the nation’s first state-level hyperscale data center moratorium, freezing construction approvals for […]

The best and worst states for AI data centers

<p>Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. </p><hr><p><strong>Here's how two key states </strong>are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. </p><p><strong>It's no wonder that Texas, </strong>with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment.</p><ul><li>Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm <a href="https://www.aterio.io/insights/us-data-centers/tx" target="_blank">Aterio</a>. Another 157 are under construction, <a href="https://www.aterio.io/insights/us-data-centers/by-state" target="_blank">beating Virginia</a>.</li><li>The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth <...

Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction