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Did any major data centers want to locate in Maine, or is this just an empty gesture?
by xnx 7mo ago
Did any major data centers want to locate in Maine, or is this just an empty gesture?
- simlevesque 7mo agoEmpty ? Why call it that? It's proactive. Also it's naive to think they announce their intention to move somewhere. They try to cover it and never tell a soul until it's a done deal.
- tombert 7mo agoI think legislation like this is much more about making sure that they're never even considered by the big AI companies. OpenAI and Anthropic, when looking to build a new center, will see that there would be headaches trying to get a datacenter built, so they instead just focus on one of the other 49 states.
- culi 7mo agoI think they're playing it safe. Data centers are at their peak of their hype cycle and it totally makes sense for Maine to place a temporary moratorium (it expires Nov. 2027) on new centers until the industry is a bit more stable