Mills Vetoes Data Center Moratorium, Orders Impact Study

0:00It's April 27, U.S. News Today starts now, AI powered and always on. Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have slapped a temporary moratorium on big data center projects across the state. The measure, called LD-307, aimed to halt new permits while setting up a council to dig into energy demands, environmental hits, and smart siding. She digs the moratorium concept overall, given how these massive facilities have jacked up power bills and strained resources elsewhere. But the bill snubbed the key redevelopment in the town of Jay, so she shut it down. That Jay project is a $550 million data center on the old Andrus-Goggin mill site, which shut after a boiler blast in 2000. 23. Locals are all in, eyeing over 800 construction gigs, and at least 100 steady jobs, plus fresh tax cash, and revived industrial bones. Locals plans an executive order to launch that impact study council anyway, especially

1:01with AI exploding everywhere. She also inked a separate law, barring data centers from snagging state business tax perks. Developers warn the Jay builds slated to break ground this summer could have stalled without the exemption, but now it's full steam ahead as Maine. This is tech growth with real safeguards.