Convalt Energy Northern Maine data center campus (East Millinocket / Katahdin region)
East Millinocket, Penobscot County, ME
A new data center, Convalt Energy Northern Maine data center campus (East Millinocket / Katahdin region), has been announced in East Millinocket, ME. The project is sized at 500 MW with an estimated investment of $1 billion. Convalt Energy (which signed a 2022 agreement with Katahdin Region Economic Development Corp. for a $5B energy project) now markets a turnkey ~10,000-acre data center campus with dedicated water and behind-the-meter power: Phase 1 nameplate 500 MW, Phase 2 up to 2 GW, $1B+ investment, power available before 2030. Site secured under master lease with preliminary municipal approvals; dcmap.us logged the campus announcement in Aug 2026. No end-user or state permits yet. (Source dated 2026-08-01.) [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] <cite index="10-5,10-8">Convalt Energy signed an agreement with Katahdin Region Economic Development Corp. in 2022 for a project that includes a data center at the former East Millinocket mill site</cite>, and <cite index="4-10">the Northern Maine Data Center is listed as "under development" on Convalt's website</cite>. Source: https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-02-25/convalt-energy-proposes-a-5b-renewable-energy-project-in-northern-maine.
- 500 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Maine state legislation
- LD713 - Excludes data centers from business development tax incentivesExcludes data centers from business development tax incentive programs.Download
- LD307 - Act to Impose a Moratorium on Large-Scale Data CentersImposes a moratorium on large-scale data centers.Download
- LD713 - An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data CentersDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Convalt Energy
- County
- Penobscot County, ME
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Address
- East Millinocket, ME
- Stage
- Announced
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