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  1. Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

    Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

    by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

    "Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

    "The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

    "It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

    Read more:
    bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/DlifM

    #AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

  2. Analysis-Japan scales up batteries but companies worry rule changes may curb growth

    By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Sudarshan Varadhan TOKYO (Reuters) -Investors are pouring billions of dollars into Japan’s nascent electricity storage market as power demand i…
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems #energystorage #Kyushu #megawatts #METI #news #transmissiongrid
    alojapan.com/1365775/analysis-

  3. Analysis-Japan scales up batteries but companies worry rule changes may curb growth

    By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Sudarshan Varadhan TOKYO (Reuters) -Investors are pouring billions of dollars into Japan’s nascent electricity storage market as power demand i…
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems #energystorage #Kyushu #megawatts #METI #news #transmissiongrid
    alojapan.com/1365775/analysis-

  4. alojapan.com/1365775/analysis- Analysis-Japan scales up batteries but companies worry rule changes may curb growth #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems #EnergyStorage #Japan #JapanNews #Kyushu #megawatts #METI #news #TransmissionGrid By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Sudarshan Varadhan TOKYO (Reuters) -Investors are pouring billions of dollars into Japan’s nascent electricity storage market as power demand is growing after a long decline, but changes proposed to smooth the flo