Data center backlash. It appears likely that Maine will temporarily ban data centers. State legislators gave a thumbs up to bill text that would prohibit new construction on data centers in the state until November 2027. The bill is set to pass in the next few days.
Not surprisingly, tech companies and the local business community oppose the measure—and with good reason. "Things are going so fast. There's a race against other countries," Glenn Adams, who has built data centers in multiple states, told CNBC. "If Maine says 'no,' we're saying no to all these companies, to potential developers and investors, and they can quite quickly go somewhere else."
