Town of Warren, in Knox County, Maine, adopted a data-center moratorium on July 8, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "A special town meeting approved a 180-day data center moratorium in near-unanimous fashion, with about 60 residents attending -- nearly double normal turnout -- and the moratorium is renewable in further 180-day increments. No data center… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | July 8, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Knox County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.