Janet Mills

May 13, 2026

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Closed-Loop Cooling Wins Red Oak While Somervell Calls for a Statewide Pause

Governor Janet Mills vetoed a statewide moratorium earlier this year.

May 4, 2026

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NERC's Rare Grid Warning Hands Texas Developers an 18-Month Window

Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a moratorium to preserve a $550 million project in Jay; Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have proposed a federal moratorium; Pew found half of Democrats call data centers "mostly bad" for the environment.

May 3, 2026

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MARA's $1.5B Long Ridge Buy Sets the New AI Infrastructure Playbook

Maine's House voted 82-62 to advance a moratorium on AI datacenters above 20 MW until November 2027 (Governor Mills vetoed an earlier version, which legislators failed to override).

May 1, 2026

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Fort Bliss Becomes the Borderland's Third Gigawatt Build in 18 Months

Maine's LD 307 would have paused facilities over 20 MW through November 2027 before Governor Mills vetoed it, though a study process is moving forward by executive action.

April 20, 2026

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Hyperscalers Stop Waiting on the Grid as ERCOT Stares at 218 GW

Maine's 18-month moratorium on AI data centers above 20 MW awaits Gov. Mills's signature, New Jersey's S680 would impose hourly clean-power matching if a PJM majority adopts the same rule, and Nassau County, Florida votes on a 12-month moratorium May 11 and June 8.

April 19, 2026

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Anchored Offtake Wins the Queue. Speculation Gets Repriced.

Maine's legislature passed the nation's first statewide moratorium on large data centers, sending a yearlong freeze to Gov. Janet Mills.

April 18, 2026

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Self-Supply Developers Set Their Own Clock. The Rest Wait 128 Weeks.

Maine's legislature passed an 18-month moratorium on data centers above 20 MW on April 14, with Governor Janet Mills holding signature or veto until April 29.

April 17, 2026

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Behind-the-Meter Gas: 56 GW of Proof the Grid Isn't the Plan

Governor Janet Mills has not committed to signing.

April 16, 2026

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Engage Early or Inherit Someone Else's Moratorium

Gov. Janet Mills has not yet signaled whether she will sign.

April 4, 2026

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Developers Who Own Their Power Are Writing the New Site Selection Rules

Maine's LD 307, backed by Governor Janet Mills, would freeze projects of 20 MW or more until November 2027 while regulators study cumulative grid effects.