The data center fight in Brunswick, Maine
As of November 12, 2026, Brunswick, Maine has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Jun 2, 2026; documented end date 2026-11-29).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
180-day moratorium on data centers >= 1 MW; unanimous vote; stricter than vetoed state bill (20 MW threshold)
SourceNews
read 2026-09-11
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
27 stories tracked since 2026-02-21 across 10 outlets. 20× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 2× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “New Brunswick Proposes Changes to Building Codes to Limit Size, Power Usage of Data Centers” (TAPinto, 2026-11-10).
- New Brunswick Proposes Changes to Building Codes to Limit Size, Power Usage of Data Centers
- Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and State Senator Andrew Zwicker Ask NJ Department of Environmental Protection to Put the Brakes on South Brunswick's Sentinel Data Center
- Press Release: Watson Coleman and Zwicker Urge Pause on South Brunswick Data Center Permit
- Lawmakers call for halt to South Brunswick data center
- At Packed Church, Protestors Turn Up Pressure On South Brunswick Data Center
- Bloomberg To Be Tenant At Proposed South Brunswick Data Center Opposed By Neighbors
- New Brunswick Takes First Steps Toward Data Center Development Rules
- Could a South Brunswick Data Center Impact Franklin's Air Quality? Town Hall Set for Friday
- Town Hall On Proposed South Brunswick Data Center Set For Friday
- South Brunswick shouldn't pay the price for this data center | Opinion
- Bloomberg Is South Brunswick Data Center's Tenant
- New Brunswick Approves 660-Apartment Development Near NJ Transit Station
+15 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 27 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Maine.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Maine briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Maine
- Westbrook (26 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-28
- Gorham (29 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-29
- Scarborough (29 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-30
- Maine (statewide) (29 mi) — Vetoedterm not documented
- Biddeford (38 mi) — Proposedno end date — permanent
- Sanford (52 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-31
- North Berwick (57 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Bucksport (74 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
All 12 tracked actions in Maine are on the state page.
As of August 2026 (3m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.