Grogu007
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less AI slop
less demand for electricity
less use for drinking water to cool AI
less greenhouse gas emission
Apr 9, 2026 3:33 PM
Grogu007
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596
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less AI slop
less demand for electricity
less use for drinking water to cool AI
less greenhouse gas emission
stukajr
Maine is part of NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships), so the electricity prices are set by average of all States in the North East of the USA - no single State in the Union sets its own prices. So we need a ban on Data Centers in general
kimwimgoddess
Yay!! I love Maine!!
wadatahmydamie
Data centers are generally important, but not the way they’ve been scaling them up in order to accommodate overwhelming levels of slop generation and consumer spying
ognar
Link https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/maine-data-center-ban.html
philmoregraves
Thats it im omw to Maine. Fuck AI and I get lobster. Gg
AlienJeffries81
TinyBadger101
We need data centers. Our world runs on data, and that data lives on physical computers/servers, and those servers need to live somewhere. Data centers need to be placed with consideration of the electric and water needs of the area, and with pollution-minimization, but we cannot and should not simply ban data centers. That's like banning factories because they can be dirty. They can be, but also we need what they produce, and banning them doesn't solve any actual problems. It just moves them.
RubberMonkeys
Is it Maine that also banned aftermarket LED headlights?
FundamentallyFlawed
Another reason to move there after; Seasons, Cold, Cobble stone beaches.
PresldentClef
FUCKIN AY!! Well done Maine!
popeyeNL
So they will ban all AI use in the state of Main as well? Otherwise you just leave others with your mess.
azgrak1
If a company wants to put in a data center in your community you have leverage. Mandate they overpay for electricity. Tax them to the point that everyone else can pay less taxes. Make them purify and cool all the water they use and put it back into the local system. Mandate they give everyone free high speed internet. If they don’t like all that then they can Eff off.
CJwhoIsKindToAllKinds
As a proud Mainer who votes, it's my pleasure!
swedeonamoose
Next up, Trump floods Maine with ICE since maine wants to hurt his wallets feelings by being super anti AI and stuff
RedgrintGrumble
ICE in Maine? Methinks they might be prepared for that
PassionAggressive
ICE os already here in force because of our 2 sanc cities.
DukeSliscus
Feds will ask the supreme court if that law is constitutional and SCOTUS will say no and the law will be struck down.
TK421isAFK
States' rights should protect this, much like gay marriage protection and marijuana laws.
DukeSliscus
States right should have also allowed them to keep conversion therapy illegal but SCOTUS says that simply isn't so.
ActionJohnnie
Now ban Susan Collin’s
kimwimgoddess
Susan Collins' what?
ActionJohnnie
Apostrophe
herejusttopointouterrors
illiterate murican? you betcha
ActionJohnnie
Autocorrect. You lost your bet.
friendsofsandwiches
Now we just need to get Nestle to pay their fair share for water.
SavageDrums
Or, alternatively, to completely implode and take all their execs with them.
friendsofsandwiches
Even if a company explodes or implodes, the execs get golden parachutes
SavageDrums
I was hoping for a more literal implosion