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Data centers in Hancock County, Maine

No data center in Hancock County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Hancock County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Ellsworth City Council voted to enact a 180 day preemptive AI data center moratorium (Ellsworth), August 14, 2026.

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No data center in Hancock County yet

No data center is on the record in Hancock County yet. The first published record in Hancock County puts it on the map and in the list here.

The cities in Hancock 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.

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What Hancock County has decided

1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

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  1. Ellsworthcity

    Ellsworth City Council voted to enact a 180 day preemptive AI data center moratorium, reported August 14, 2026.

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    1. moratorium adopted

      Ellsworth City Council voted to enact a 180 day preemptive AI data center moratorium

      themainewire.com local outlet

    Last verified August 19, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Ellsworth

    Moratorium adopted: Ellsworth City Council voted to enact a 180 day preemptive AI data center moratorium themainewire.com local outlet

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47 miles away Washington County 2 data centers on the record 104 miles away Franklin County 2 data centers on the record

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Hancock County, Maine", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/me/hancock-county, updated August 19, 2026.

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