Maine lawmakers passed the nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers April 14 in what they say is an attempt to buy time and study how the power-hungry facilities affect the electrical grid.

Legislators in Maine on Tuesday passed the nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers, part of a growing backlash to the energy-intensive facilities that fuel the rise of artificial ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have paused new data center projects until late 2027. Mills cited her support for an existing project and said she wanted to study data center impacts.

Maine could impose the nation's first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers in a sign of growing political opposition to tech giants' massive structures that have stoked fears about ...

Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the ...

Legislators in Maine on Tuesday passed the nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers, part of a growing backlash to the energy-intensive facilities that fuel the rise of artificial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawmakers in Maine passed a temporary ban on new, large data centers in the state this week. If Gov. Janet Mills signs the ...