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April 24 (Reuters) - The Democratic governor of ​Maine, Janet Mills, on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data ‌centers, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows.
The decision reflects the difficult trade-off facing political leaders, who must weigh the impact of data centers, opens new tab on the environment and household energy bills against the millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue they can bring.
If signed into law, the bill would have frozen approvals until October 2027 for data centers requiring more than ​20 megawatts of power while a state-appointed council analyzed their impact on the local grid, electricity bills, air and water.
Mills, in a letter to ​the Maine legislature, said she supports a temporary moratorium on data center projects - and would have signed the bill if ⁠it had included an exemption for a data center project underway in the town of Jay that is key to jobs and tax revenue.
"A moratorium is appropriate ​given the impacts of massive data centers in other states on the environment and on electricity rates. But the final version of this bill fails to allow ​for a specific project in the Town of Jay that enjoys strong local support from its host community and region," Mills said in a statement
The Androscoggin paper mill in the town shut down in 2023 after a boiler explosion, leading to hundreds of job losses.
Work to develop a $550 million data center, which reuses existing infrastructure that would not have had a major impact on the electric ​grid or energy bills, is expected to create more than 800 construction jobs and at least 100 high-paying permanent jobs, and would contribute property tax revenue ​to the town of Jay, Mills said.
Mills also said that she plans to issue an executive order establishing a council to examine the impact of data centers in Maine and ‌has signed ⁠a bill to prohibit data center projects from Maine's business development tax incentive programs.
American tech giants have pledged to spend more than $600 billion on artificial intelligence data centers this year as part of a spending spree that has boosted the U.S. economy and is considered the biggest since the telecom boom of the late 1990s.
But mounting opposition to that buildout has led more than a dozen U.S. states to weigh legislation that would halt or restrain development of ​the facilities, even as the Trump administration ​pressures states to stay out of ⁠AI regulation.
To ease worries about rising electricity bills, Washington last month got big technology companies to sign a voluntary pledge at the White House that they would bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers.
Two Democratic lawmakers - ​Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - have also introduced legislation to halt all construction on data centers until ​Congress passes AI safety ⁠legislation.
Maine lawmakers passed the bill against data centers last week, sponsored by Democratic state representative Melanie Sachs. The state was seen as a test case of whether such measures could be adopted in other places.
Limiting data center development would have, however, added to the economic pressure in a rural state already grappling with mill closures that have ⁠eroded one ​of its key industries.
Sachs said Mills' decision to veto the bill was "simply wrong".
While a veto might ​protect the proposed data center project in Jay, it poses significant potential consequences for all ratepayers, our electric grid, our environment and our shared energy future," Sachs said.
Virginia, one of the world's largest data ​center hubs, is among the U.S. states considering similar legislation.
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Former Algerian Industry Minister Ali Aoun has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported.
Aoun, who was the minister for industry and pharmaceutical production between 2022 and 2024, was jailed on Monday in a high-profile corruption case that saw several senior figures convicted, the Algerian online news site Dzair Tube reported
According to the news site, prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for the former minister, and 10 year sentences for several other defendants. Aoun was also ordered by the Economic and Financial Criminal Court in the capital, Algiers, to pay a fine of 1 million Algerian dinar (approximately $7,500
Local media said the case revolved around the irregular sales of ferrous and non-ferrous metal waste in violation of public asset management rules
“The case centred on accusations of corruption, mismanagement and the unlawful awarding of industrial and investment contracts, notably involving the trade in ferrous waste and copper residues,” Dzair Tube reported
The AFP news agency said that several other officials were also convicted, though some were acquitted due to a lack of evidence
Among those convicted was the former minister’s son, Mehdi Aoun, who was handed a six-year prison term as part of the same case, while investors, an official at a state-owned business and a prominent businessman received sentences of between three and 10 years, according to Dzair Tube
The case and the convictions come amid an ongoing anticorruption drive launched by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who came to power in 2019 amid widespread pro-democracy protests.
Tebboune’s campaign against corruption has targeted senior officials, including from the era of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP reports.
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