#antidatacenters — Public Fediverse posts

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature fails to reverse Janet Mills’ veto of data center ban . “Maine lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ contentious veto of a measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to temporarily bar development of large data centers.”

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature fails to reverse Janet Mills’ veto of data center ban . “Maine lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ contentious veto of a measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to temporarily bar development of large data centers.”

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature fails to reverse Janet Mills’ veto of data center ban . “Maine lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ contentious veto of a measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to temporarily bar development of large data centers.”

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature fails to reverse Janet Mills’ veto of data center ban . “Maine lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ contentious veto of a measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to temporarily bar development of large data centers.”

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature fails to reverse Janet Mills’ veto of data center ban . “Maine lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ contentious veto of a measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to temporarily bar development of large data centers.”

Sun Journal: Police pull the plug on mobile billboard targeting Janet Mills on data centers. “Hallowell police on Thursday pulled the plug on efforts to enlighten Gov. Janet Mills about the dangers of data centers. Police Chief Christopher Giles said officers cited the driver of a mobile, electronic billboard urging Mills to sign a bill that would institute a moratorium on data centers.”

Tom’s Hardware: Virginia voter support for new data centers collapses from 69% in 2023 to 35% in new poll — Multi-gigawatt, 37-building Digital Gateway project abandoned. “Just 35% of Virginia voters now say they would be comfortable with a new data center going up in their community, down from 69% in 2023, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll published Wednesday.”

Politico: Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal. “Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all four incumbent council members running for reelection.”

The Guardian: Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of datacenters. “An Indianapolis city councilor said his home was fired at on Monday, with a note left behind suggesting he had been targeted over his support of datacenters. The case involving Ron Gibson – a Democrat on Indianapolis’s city council – comes amid growing bipartisan concern in the US over political […]

MinnPost: Counterpoint: Pine Island data center project is far from a gold standard. “Residents got four months of knowing about the project until final approval was voted on by the city. The city, Google and Ryan Companies got two years facilitated by NDAs. Pine Island and Ryan were warned they would be sued if they didn’t make environmental review changes. They ignored that warning, not […]