Since 2024, dozens of local community-led protest campaigns have emerged in opposition to AI data centers.
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Janet Trafton Mills is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 75th governor of Maine. She previously served as the 55th and 57th attorney general of Maine and as a member of the
Opposition to AI data centers
…one. On April 15, 2026, the Maine state legislature passed a moratorium on new data centers pending further assessments, and a few days later Governor Janet Mills vetoed the legislation. On June 4, 2026, the New York State Legislature passed legislation that would impose a one-year moratorium on new large data…
Mills in 2019
Mills in 2013
Janet Mills being inaugurated for her second term as Governor of Maine