Advisory group zeroes in on recommendations to regulate data center energy use

By: Kaitlyn Budion

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 926

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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As the Maine Data Center Advisory Council begins drafting recommendations for the upcoming Legislature to regulate data centers, energy use is emerging as a key and contentious issue.

The council met Wednesday and began to refine its initial draft recommendations, which are due to lawmakers in a final report in January. Much of the discussion related to energy, which has been a key concern of communities across the country with the rapid …

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