Maine is advancing the first datacenter moratorium legislation in the United States, which would ban new datacenter construction. Similar restrictive bills are emerging across multiple states this year, reflecting growing policy concern about datacenter expansion and its environmental impact.
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Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters
States are beginning to legislatively restrict datacenter expansion — Maine's moratorium is the first statewide ban in the US, with similar environmental-concern-driven bills emerging nationwide.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: 404 MediaBY sys://pipeline
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