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Data centers in Franklin County, Maine

Franklin County has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Franklin County yet.

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The 2 data centers in Franklin County

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Reported Built from one source

    Jay Data Center at Former Paper Mill

    Jay, Franklin County · Sentinel / Tony McDonald

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    82 MW
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  2. Reported Built from one source

    Jay Data Center

    Jay, Franklin County

    Latest, reported August 20, 2026: Project no longer being pursued as of August 20, 2026 boothbayregister.com local outlet

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

2 data centers in Franklin County: all proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Franklin County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Franklin County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record. No city in Franklin County has a rule, a statement by an official or a rating on the record yet.

CityProjects
Jay2

What happened

  1. · Jay Data Center

    Now reported: Boundless Power LLC of Manhattan Beach, California, managed by Fred Robinson, inquired about developing a data center in Wiscasset boothbayregister.com local outlet

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Nearby counties with records

137 miles away Washington County 2 data centers on the record

Every Maine county.

Disclosed figures

82 MW power

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
Power82 MW111 the developer's figure
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed282 MWNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Franklin County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Franklin County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Franklin County, Maine", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/me/franklin-county, updated September 17, 2026.

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Census GEOID
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Scale word
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