Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoes 18-month data center construction moratorium
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Jared Perlo, Sahil Kapur
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Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have imposed an 18-month moratorium on the construction of large data centers in the state. The bill, which had passed both chambers of the state legislature, was described as the first data center moratorium in the nation to successfully clear a state legislature. Mills acknowledged the need to study the potential impacts of large-scale data centers but chose to veto the legislation.
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· 1 pulledI believe it necessary and important to examine and plan for the potential impacts of large-scale data centers in Maine
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