{"id":723911,"date":"2026-04-26T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/maines-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:15:12","slug":"maines-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/maines-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine&#8217;s governor vetoes data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it had become law, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/legis\/bills\/display_ps.asp?LD=307&amp;snum=132\">L.D. 307<\/a> would have imposed the country\u2019s first statewide moratorium on new data centers \u2014 lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. The bill also called for the creation of a 13-person council to study and make recommendations on data center construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With public opposition to data centers rising, other states including New York have considered similar moratoriums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/official_documents\/veto_messages\/2026-04-ld-307-act-establish-maine-data-center-coordination\">a letter<\/a> to the state legislature, Mills \u2014 a Democrat currently running for the U.S. Senate \u2014 said that pausing new data centers would be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate given the impacts of massive data centers in other states on the environment and on electricity rates\u201d and that she \u201cwould have signed this bill\u201d if it had included an exemption for a data center project in the Town of Jay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That project, Mills said, \u201cenjoys strong local support from its host community and region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melanie Sachs, a Democratic state representative who sponsored the bill, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/24\/us\/maine-moratorium-data-center-vetoed.html\">said Mills\u2019 veto<\/a> \u201cposes significant potential consequences for all ratepayers, our electric grid, our environment, and our shared energy future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/25\/maines-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become law, L.D. 307 would have imposed the country\u2019s first statewide moratorium on new data centers \u2014 lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. The bill also called for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":723912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217198328.jpeg?resize=1200,800","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[77337,151537],"class_list":["post-723911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-government-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}