With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing ...

For the second time this week, the state Senate spent hours discussing complicated technology legislation, with lawmakers once again advancing a bill over strong objections that regulating rapidly ...

As data center proposals continue to emerge both locally and statewide, the state House of Representatives passed two data center bills from local legislators this month as part of a larger package ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of ...

The Maine Legislature approved an 18-month moratorium, but Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running for Senate, has yet to say whether she will sign it. By Jenna Russell Lawmakers in Maine this week ...

Maine is set to pass a bill pausing new data centers until late 2027. Data centers face growing public resistance over environmental and infrastructure concerns. Maine's vote could mark the first-ever ...

The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is seen, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Credit: Mike Stewart / AP File Photo PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is set to impose the nation’s ...

Maine’s state legislature passed a temporary statewide ban on data centers, the first of its kind in the nation, as opposition to the electricity-consuming technology infrastructure designed to power ...

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 ...

Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large data centers, and others may follow. The Maine House and Senate this week passed LD 307, which prohibits state and local ...

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 ...