Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawmakers in Maine passed a temporary ban on new, large data centers in the state this week. If Gov. Janet Mills signs the ...

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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 ...

Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the ...

Maine’s state legislature passed a temporary statewide ban on data centers, the first of its kind in the nation, as opposition to the electricity-consuming technology infrastructure designed to power ...

Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...

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BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The Maine legislature voted in favor of a bill that would put a temporary moratorium on data centers, making us the first state in the country to do so. The Department of Energy ...

As massive amounts of land are being acquired for AI data center expansion across the US, one state was poised to slow the construction boom following numerous protests and calls from politicians.

The temporary moratorium would prevent new data centers for at least 180 days. The draft ordinance says the city is "diligently studying its options with respect to the regulation of Data Centers ...