Project dossier · Waterford, Connecticut

NE Edge Millstone (Waterford) Withdrawn

1.5M-sq-ft data center proposed to draw power directly from Millstone nuclear plant; host-fee agreement lapsed after nearly 3 years of local opposition, effectively ending the project.

Key facts

Operator
NE Edge-Waterford LLC
Owner
Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut
Size
300 MW
Location
Waterford, Connecticut
Stage today
Withdrawn

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What to do next

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

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What has happened so far (16 events)

  • 2023-02-15announcement
    NE Edge, managed by George A. McLaughlin III, publicly proposed a 1.5M-sq-ft, ~300MW data center on Dominion Energy's Millstone Power Station property in Waterford, CT, drawing power directly from the nuclear plant. · source
  • 2023-02-23announcement
    NE Edge detailed plans for a two-building data center at Millstone, committing to pay Waterford $231 million over 30 years in lieu of property taxes. · source
  • 2023-03-01vote
    Waterford's Representative Town Meeting and First Selectman Rob Brule unanimously approved the host fee agreement with NE Edge, which included guidelines on sound and environmental impact. · source
  • 2023-03-17filing
    NE Edge-Waterford, LLC and the Town of Waterford signed a Data Center Host Municipality Fee Agreement committing NE Edge to pay $231M in lieu-of-tax fees over 30 years, with a clause requiring building permits by March 2026. · source
  • 2023-08-24filing
    NE Edge purchased a parcel of land in Connecticut connected to the Millstone-area data center development. · source
  • 2023-12-21filing
    Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut filed Petition No. 1586 with the CT Siting Council seeking a declaratory ruling that no new Certificate of Environmental Compatibility was required to revise the Millstone site boundary to lease parcels to NE Edge. · source
  • 2024-01-01ruling
    The Connecticut Siting Council declined to issue Dominion's requested declaratory ruling on the Millstone site boundary revision, finding it premature — a key setback for the NE Edge project. · source
  • 2024-01-18public-comment
    Shoreline residents raised concerns at a town meeting about noise, property values, electric rates, and wildlife impacts; opposition group Concerned Citizens of Waterford and East Lyme (CCWEL), with over 50 members, was active in opposing the site. · source
  • 2024-01-19coverage
    CT Mirror reported on the Millstone-powered data center proposal, detailing the project's direct power arrangement with Dominion and mounting community and regulatory scrutiny. · source
  • 2024-03-22vote
    CT legislature's Energy and Technology Committee voted 12-3 to advance a bill requiring ISO New England and local utilities to study grid impact of the NE Edge behind-the-meter data center. · source
  • 2024-05-17public-comment
    Waterford opponents petitioned the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to intervene and block the NE Edge proposal, citing concerns tied to proximity to the Millstone nuclear plant. · source
  • 2024-09-04coverage
    Coverage described NE Edge as a hyperscale facility for AI training driven by ~300MW of power (about 15% of Millstone's output), unprecedented in scale for Connecticut. · source
  • 2025-04-17vote
    Waterford's Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 to permit NE Edge, LLC to assign its host fee agreement to a subsidiary company, NE Edge-Waterford, LLC. · source
  • 2026-02-26coverage
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal teamed up with a Republican senator on federal legislation to rein in data centers, amid continued Connecticut concern over projects like the Waterford proposal. · source
  • 2026-03-17withdrawal
    The deadline for NE Edge to obtain building permits passed without the company meeting it; Waterford First Selectman Rob Brule announced the host fee agreement had ended, effectively killing the project after nearly three years of local opposition. · source
  • 2026-04-15coverage
    CT Mirror published a review of the full arc of the NE Edge fight, characterizing it as a defeated Connecticut data center project after sustained community and regulatory resistance. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Connecticut DEEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Connecticut DEEP for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Waterford planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Waterford property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “NE Edge Millstone (Waterford)”, aigridwatch.com/projects/ne-edge-waterford-ct, retrieved 2026-10-11.

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