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Yesterday for the Daily Yonder. Maine Gov. Janet Mills wrote to legislators that she vetoed a first-of-its-kind data center moratorium bill because it did not include exemptions for a $550 million data center development in rural Jay, Maine, a former mill town.

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Janet Mills broke with fellow Democrats by vetoing a moratorium bill and clearing the way for a proposed data center in rural Franklin County, Maine.

dailyyonder.comMaine Governor Vetoes First-in-Nation Data Center Moratorium Bill, Greenlights Rural DevelopmentMaine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill on Friday, April 24, 2026, to impose an 18-month moratorium on data centers with electricity loads of 20 megawatts or more. If passed, LD 307 would have been the first temporary state-level ban on data centers in the country. Mills’ decision is a departure from her Democratic party colleagues in the state legislature, who…

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