Maine Governor, and f(l)ailing candidate for the US Senate Janet Mills just vetoed a bill which would pause the construction of large data centers in the state for 18 months.
Notwithstanding her claims that she did it because one project would be canceled in an economically disadvantaged area, it's really about sucking up to the developer types.
The Androscoggin Mill Data Center will produce less than 150 jobs, probably well less than that.
Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact a temporary ban on new data center development.
The bill, LD 307, would have prevented the state, local governments and quasi-governmental agencies from issuing permits or other approvals for new data centers until November 2027, while a new Data Center Coordination Council studied the projects’ potential impacts in Maine.
Mills’ veto comes after lawmakers shot down an amendment that would have allowed for a data center proposed at the former Androscoggin Mill in Jay. The governor had pushed for that amendment, arguing that the project could bring significant economic benefits to the town. The developer behind the Jay site said the moratorium brought about by the bill would effectively kill his plan.
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“While a veto might protect the proposed data center project in Jay, it poses significant potential consequences for all ratepayers, our electric grid, our environment, and our shared energy future,” Sachs said in an emailed statement. “This decision is simply wrong.”
The bill could still become law if approved by a two-thirds majority of both the House and the Senate. But when the bill was passed this month, it fell short of that threshold in both chambers: the House voted 79-62 to enact, and the Senate 21-13.
This sort of crap is why people who are inclined to vote for Democrats hate their leadership with a white-hot burning passion.
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