Wiscasset Maine Yankee-adjacent data center concept
Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
Wiscasset Maine Yankee-adjacent data center concept is an announced data center project in Wiscasset, ME. ~300 town-owned acres on Old Ferry Rd next to decommissioned Maine Yankee nuclear plant; conceptual, developer-funded wetland/power studies; value floated at $5B. Reported 2025. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Wiscasset selectboard officially confirmed contact from a site assessor in September 2025; no formal proposal or purchase offer made; described as 'earliest stages' by town. Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/23/large-data-center-could-come-to-wiscasset/.
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
- Not announced
- County
- Lincoln County, ME
- Address
- Wiscasset, ME
- Stage
- Announced
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