The Maine Legislature on Tuesday passed a controversial measure temporarily prohibiting new data center development for more than a year, sending it to Gov. Janet Mills for final approval. The bill, LD 307, would create a limitation on data centers with electric loads of at least 20 megawatts by preventing the state, local governments and quasi-governmental agencies from issuing permits or other approvals until November 2027. In the meantime, a new Data Center Coordination Council — also created in the bill — would get time to study the centers' potential impact in Maine and issue policy recommendations.

Data center construction isn't going as planned. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that nearly half of the 12 gigawatts in computing power worth of data centers planned for this year have been delayed or canceled. Just a third of those projects are currently under construction, the market intelligence firm Sightline Climate estimates in a forthcoming report. Less than a third of the 21.5 GW worth of data center projects announced for 2027 are currently under construction.

Maine's proposed moratorium on new data centers sends exactly the wrong signal at the wrong time ("Maine Poised to Halt New Data Centers," U.S. News, April 3). Maine has lived through the loss of its industrial base, from paper mills to its manufacturing economy. Why would state lawmakers now turn their backs on building the infrastructure of America's future? Data centers aren't speculative projects: They are the core infrastructure of the modern economy, supporting small-business productivity, advanced manufacturing, healthcare innovation and more.

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