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https://www.businessinsider.com/maine-data-center-ban-vetoed-by-governor-2026-4
Maine Data Center Ban Vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills - Business Insider
Apr 24, 2026 - Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a data center ban because it didn't contain an exemption for a specific project.
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https://www.govtech.com/products/how-a-plan-for-a-maine-data-center-collapsed-in-6-days
How a Plan for a Maine Data Center Collapsed in 6 Days
City councilors were caught off guard in Lewiston after receiving a proposal for a $300 million center inside the downtown Bates Mill only about a month before...
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https://www.pressherald.com/2026/04/03/maine-data-privacy-measure-looks-doomed-after-late-night-house-vote/
Maine data privacy measure looks doomed after late-night House vote
Apr 3, 2026 - The Maine House of Representatives failed to give final passage to the heavily lobbied and long-debated effort to create stronger data privacy rules.
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https://dailyyonder.com/maine-is-set-to-ban-data-centers-becoming-the-first-state-in-the-nation-to-do-so/2026/04/15/
Maine Is Set to Ban Data Centers, Becoming the First State in the Nation to Do So | The Daily Yonder
Apr 23, 2026 - The Maine Senate took a final vote on April 14, 2026, to enact first-of-its-kind legislation banning large data centers in the state until November 2027.
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https://www.eenews.net/articles/maine-gov-mills-vetoes-data-center-moratorium-bill/
Maine Gov. Mills vetoes data center moratorium bill - E&E News by POLITICO
Apr 27, 2026 - The legislation would have made Maine the first U.S. state to pause the construction of data centers.
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https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/03/politics/state-politics/maine-democrats-flip-data-privacy-bill/
Maine Democrats flip on major data privacy bill
Apr 3, 2026 - Maine Democrats reversed their votes against a strict data privacy bill, citing concerns for businesses. The bill would impose stringent limits on online...
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https://apnews.com/article/data-center-moratoriums-maine-janet-mills-352ad4fbd531d905b9415258692b318f
Maine governor vetoes nation's first moratorium on data centers | AP News
Apr 24, 2026 - Maine’s Democratic governor has vetoed what would have been the country’s first state moratorium on the construction of data centers.
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https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/nations-first-state-moratorium-on-data-centers-vetoed-by-maines-governor/article_c3255e73-177c-5f19-9338-b9ecd2a64b3f.html
Nation's first state moratorium on data centers vetoed by Maine's governor
Apr 24, 2026 - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic governor on Friday vetoed what would have been the country's first state moratorium on the construction of data...
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https://www.mcall.com/2026/04/15/data-center-moratoriums/
The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze
Apr 15, 2026 - Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers.
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