Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers
The Hill
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The Maine legislature passed the first state ban in the nation on the development of large data centers on Tuesday.
The temporary measure, which lasts for 1.5 years, restricts the construction of new data centers that use over 20 megawatts of power.
The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Janet Mills (D) for…
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