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Data centers in Jay, Maine

Jay has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Jay yet. Franklin County's own decisions are on the Franklin County page.

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The 2 data centers in Jay

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 Jay: 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 Jay's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

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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The county and nearby counties

The county Franklin County Its decisions and every record in it 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 Jay are for.

How the facilities are cooled

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

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

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