Roundup: Data center moratorium / Chemical costs / Airline merger proposed

Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have established the nation's first statewide moratorium on data center construction. The legislation, passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature, sought to institute a ban for over a year on data centers exceeding a certain size and would have created a specialized council to assist towns in vetting potential projects. Governor Mills stated her decision was based on the bill's lack of a carve-out for a specific data center project in the town of Jay. This project is considered vital for economic revitalization, aiming to provide essential jobs to a community that has faced hardship following the closure of a local mill.