Town of Scarborough, in Cumberland County, Maine, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 3, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On June 3, 2026, the Scarborough Town Council unanimously approved a 180-day data center moratorium, retroactive to April 1, halting a ~52-acre data center proposal submitted in April and giving the town time to revise zoning. (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | June 3, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Cumberland County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Cumberland County
Maine context
Maine has 11 documented local actions across 11 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a moratorium (vetoed, April 24, 2026).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.