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Maine Governor Rejects Statewide Data Center Moratorium Bill

capacity, which would have remained in place until November 1, 2027. Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have introduced the first statewide moratorium on data centers in the US. LD307 had passed both legislative chambers, gaining approval from the House of Representatives ...

April 27, 2026

Maine

Maine Becomes First US State to Pass Data Center Moratorium

The US’ first statewide data center moratorium has been approved by the Maine legislature. LD307 passed the House in early April and was approved by the Senate yesterday. Sponsored by Democrat Melanie Sachs, the bill imposes a temporary moratorium on state authorities accepting applications fo...

April 18, 2026

Maine

Maine Set to Become First State to Freeze Large Data Center Construction

Maine is on track to become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large data center development. The state House of Representatives passed LD 307 last month, which would prohibit state and local governments from issuing permits for data centers with electrical loads of 20 MW or more u...

April 04, 2026

Sentinel Data Centers

Proposed Moratorium Puts Planned Maine Data Center at Risk

Proposals to bring in a data center moratorium in Maine have threatened plans for a new campus in the Pine Tree State. The proposed bill, sponsored by Representative Melanie Sachs, includes a two-year moratorium on facilities above 20MW in the state while the impacts of data centers are studie...

February 20, 2026

Maine

Tier III AI Data Center Proposed for Lewiston Bates Mill in Maine

A new Tier III AI data center has been proposed in downtown Lewiston, Maine, in the currently vacant Bates Mill No.3. The proposed project, which is being developed by MillCompute LLC, would become the state’s second-largest AI data center.Lewiston City administrator Bryan Kaenrath said the pr...

December 16, 2025

Maine

Lumen data center in Reno gets operating license 26 years after launching

An existing data center in Reno, Nevada, was granted a new business license to operate after going without one for nearly 20 years. The 5,925 sq ft (550 sqm) building, on a 0.28-acre site at 220 Gardner Street, was set up in 1999 by Williams Telecommunications as a telecommunications facility....

September 23, 2025

Reno

Deep Edge completes expansion project in North Carolina data center

US data center operator Deep Edge announced the completion of the first phase of a multi-phase expansion planned in its facility at 701 East Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. This expansion added 300kW capacity with 10 kW racks, redundant 2N power, and N+1 cooling infrastructure.A com...

October 07, 2023

CENTRA

AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

A Maine data center has been set up by an AI and quantum computing startup to house quantum computers. This week, Eternal Mind, Inc. conducted a grand opening ceremony at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. WagmTV reports that the company occupies the former Air Force data center at...

May 18, 2023

Maine

Deep Edge Realty Acquires a Carrier Hotel in Portland, Maine

Deep Edge Realty has announced the acquisition of a carrier hotel in Portland, Maine. The property is at 340 Cumberland Avenue. The selling company is Northland Enterprises. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. The CEO and founder of Deep Edge Realty, Martin Hannigan...

February 18, 2022

CENTRA: 340 Cumberland (PMW01)

Deep Edge Realty expands in Reno

Deep Edge Realty is expanding in Reno following the signing of a long-term lease at Basin Street Properties 200 South Virginia building. The company’s data center will be located on the sixth floor and offer interconnections to over ten regional service providers as well as the Tahoe Internet ...

December 09, 2021

CENTRA: 200 S Virginia (RNO01)

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamat...

November 03, 2021

Reno

Charlotte-IX is Launched, Flexential is an Early Supporter

Charlotte-IX was launched with the support of Flexential. The new peering exchange point is available at Flexential's Charlotte and Raleigh data centers. Learn more at: Charlotte IX Peeringdb.com entry <a href="https://www.p...

September 12, 2018

Charlotte

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