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Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay
Jay, Franklin County, Maine · All 3 Sentinel Data Centers sites
Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay is a cancelled data center in Jay, Maine (Franklin County), operated by Sentinel Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced January 2025, 82 MW planned, a reported $550 million investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Sentinel Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Jay, Franklin County, ME
- Coordinates
- 44.5024, -70.2175
- Power capacity
- 82 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $550 million
- Announced
- January 2025
- Utility
- Central Maine Power
- Power source
- Solar
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- 0.3 million gallons a day, reported
- Jobs
- 137 permanent; 900 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- June 2026ProposedSentinel Data Centers notifies JGT2 Redevelopment of intent not to move forward; planned July 2026 groundbreaking cancelled; project on hold indefinitely; JGT2 pursuing other operators Source: Bangor Daily News
- June 2026CancelledSentinel Data Centers withdrew from the Androscoggin Mill project and halted work in June 2026 (after Gov. Mills vetoed a statewide 20MW+ data-center moratorium that had been intended to protect it). Per the JGT2 mill-redevelopment team, the site itself is 'not dead', the 82MW (expandable) power infrastructure and rail access remain, and JGT2 is seeking a new data-center operator or industrial tenant. Source: Bangor Daily News
- April 2026ProposedJay Select Board votes 4-0 to support project and prepare letter of support; town meeting warrant approved; Maine Legislature sustains Gov. Mills' veto of moratorium bill LD 307; remediation and demolition underway Source: The Maine Monitor
- January 2025ProposedJGT2 Redevelopment proposes $550M Sentinel Data Centers colocation campus at former Androscoggin Mill (closed 2023 after digester explosion, property purchased December 2023) Source: The Maine Monitor
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay in Jay, Franklin County, Maine, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 14, 2026. Jay Select Board voted 4-0 to support project; town and RSU 73 school board support expanded tax base.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Jay Select Board voted 4-0 to support project; town and RSU 73 school board support expanded tax base. No public opposition recorded at local approval votes. Legislative battle over moratorium resolved in project's favor after Gov. Mills vetoed LD 307 and veto was sustained June 2026. Sentinel Data Centers notified JGT2 in June 2026 of intent not to move forward; project placed on hold indefinitely pending other operators.
Power and water
On-site solar generates up to 150MW; facility draws no more than 25MW from grid on cloudy days. Maine PUC approved use of on-site hydroelectric power. Cooling system proposed ~300,000 gal/day of Androscoggin River water (less than 1% of former mill usage).
Closed-loop system; ~300,000 gallons/day from Androscoggin River to replace evaporation, compared to 35-40 million gallons/day used by former paper mill.
Notes on the record
Sentinel Data Centers LLC is headquartered in New York City. JGT2 Redevelopment purchased the former Pixelle Specialty Solutions mill in December 2023. ~425,000 sq ft of obsolete mill buildings demolished; paper machines shipped to Pakistan. In June 2026 Sentinel notified JGT2 of intent not to move forward; no permits were issued and no groundbreaking was held. JGT2 is seeking other operators for the site.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Land area
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay in Jay?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay in Jay, Franklin County, Maine, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 14, 2026. Jay Select Board voted 4-0 to support project; town and RSU 73 school board support expanded tax base.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay?
No lawsuit over Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay appears in the record we track as of September 14, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay use?
0.3 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop. Closed-loop system; ~300,000 gallons/day from Androscoggin River to replace evaporation, compared to 35-40 million gallons/day used by former paper mill.
Who operates Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay, and how big is it?
Sentinel Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 82 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Sentinel Data Centers Androscoggin Mill Campus, Jay," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/sentinel-jay-me.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/sentinel-jay-me, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Jay Approves Town Meeting Warrant, Backs Data Center Plan · The Maine Monitor · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Jay Select Board Approves Town Meeting Warrant, Backs Data Center Plan · News Center Maine · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Plan for $550M data center in Jay on hold, official says · Bangor Daily News · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Jay data center developer was cover for Mills veto, emails show · Bangor Daily News · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 5.Maine Shutdown 2.0: mill redevelopment project stymied by data center resistance · Site Selection · retrieved July 17, 2026
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