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Data centers in Bucksport, Maine

No data center in Bucksport is on the record. The nearest planned data centers are DeepGreen Western Passage Underwater AI Data Center and Eastport Underwater Data Center, placed together at Machias, the seat of Washington County, about 66 miles away. No running data center on the record is within 150 miles.

Bucksport has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Bucksport's town council voted 5-2 on October 8, 2026 to enact a six month moratorium on data centers. Hancock County's own decisions are on the Hancock County page.

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The closest data centers to Bucksport

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Maine and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported

    Site not located

    DeepGreen Western Passage Underwater AI Data Center

    Eastport, Washington County · DeepGreen

    Latest, reported September 7, 2026: FERC accepted DeepGreen permit application for filing in August

    About 66 miles from the center of Bucksport to Machias, the seat of Washington County.

    Also placed at Machias, the seat of Washington County: Eastport Underwater Data Center.

    yahoo.com national outlet

What Bucksport has decided 1 body, 2 decisions on the record

What the city has 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 one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Bucksportcitynot ratedBucksport's town council voted 5-2 on October 8, 2026 to enact a six month moratorium on data centers. thecooldown.com national outlet Oct 82 acts on this row
Every act on the Bucksport row
  1. moratorium adopted

    Bucksport's town council voted 5-2 on October 8, 2026 to enact a six month moratorium on data centers

    thecooldown.com national outlet

  2. moratorium

    Bucksport's regulatory review committee voted to weigh the idea of a data center moratorium at an upcoming town council meeting

    bangordailynews.com local outlet

Last verified October 8, 2026.

22026-10-08

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The rules across Maine

What happened

  1. thecooldown.com national outlet
  2. bangordailynews.com local outlet

Maine, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Hancock County: No data center on the record yet. A pause is on the record.
64 miles away Washington County: 2 data centers on the record.
69 miles away Jay: 2 data centers on the record.
84 miles away Franklin County: 2 data centers on the record.
91 miles away Eastport: 2 data centers on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Maine county.

Questions about Bucksport

Is there a data center near Bucksport?

No data center in Bucksport is on the record. The nearest one planned is DeepGreen Western Passage Underwater AI Data Center in Eastport, about 66 miles from the center of Bucksport to Machias, the seat of Washington County, one of 2 the record places at the same point, reported. No running data center on the record is within 150 miles.

answered from the rows above

Is Bucksport allowing new data centers?

Bucksport has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: Bucksport's town council voted 5-2 on October 8, 2026 to enact a six month moratorium on data centers.

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Researcher view · Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine · 0 records, 1 rule row · Census GEOID 2308780 · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 8, 2026

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