3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (182+ words) A legislative committee Thursday advanced a measure that would prohibit the development of larger data centers in Maine until the fall of next year. The Energy, Utilities and Technology committee voted along party lines for the moratorium on permitting of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) Maine lawmakers are considering a two-year pause on building large new data centers in the state. State Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, added the moratorium to her bill proposing a broad-based data center "coordination council" that would study benefits and risks…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (181+ words) Verizon outage impacting service nationwide, including for some in Maine'Maine Public - On Air Now Playing Maine Public Classical Holiday Stream Verizon outage impacting service nationwide, including for some in Maine Wireless carrier Verizon says it's experiencing an outage Wednesday afternoon…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (269+ words) TEHRAN, Iran " Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites to circle the Earth on a 500-kilometer (310-mile)…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (394+ words) Lewiston city councilors unanimously rejected a controversial plan to build an artificial intelligence data center in the heart of downtown. The project was proposed for the historic Bates Mill No. 3 building and would've used 85,000 square feet to house servers and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (395+ words) The City of Lewiston could decide to approve a proposal to build an A.I. data center at the historic Bates Mill next week. City officials are saying the site is ideal for tech development, but similar centers have been steeped in…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (348+ words) Maine nonprofits have joined more than 200 environmental groups urging Congress to put a national moratorium on new data centers built to serve the artificial intelligence industry. In a Monday letter, the groups say the country needs time to develop adequate…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (477+ words) A massive data center campus is going up outside Reno, Nevada. And when I say massive, when it's finished, its footprint will be larger than the city next door. All that computer hardware is expected to consume a lot of…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (922+ words) Standing in the kitchen of her South Portland home, eight-year old Piper Morse picks up a phone to call a friend. "Hi Carly. Whatcha doin?" Piper asks. The two have a lot to discuss: soccer game scores, an upcoming bake…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (148+ words) Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has launched "Operation Robocall," part of a multi-state effort to crack down on the problem. Frey and 50 other attorneys general have sent warning letters to 37 voice service providers, demanding that they take action now to…...