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Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site)

Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine

ProposedOpposedAI likelyRecord updated October 22, 2026

Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) is a proposed data center in Wiscasset, Maine (Lincoln County), operated by Unnamed developer (NDA with town). The public record puts it at announced September 2025, 200 acres, a reported $5 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Unnamed developer (NDA with town)
Facility type: Data center, AI use likely
Location: Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
Coordinates: 44.0015, -69.6553 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 200 acres
Investment: $5 billion
Announced: September 2025
Utility: Central Maine Power
Power source: Other
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Opposed
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.

November 2025
Proposed
Wiscasset selectboard reportedly votes to pause data center discussions November 4, 2025; Lincoln County rescinds $240,000 ARPA housing funds (confirmed); selectboard establishes competitive bidding process Source: Central Maine
September 2025
Proposed
Unnamed developer approaches Wiscasset about data center on 200-acre Old Ferry Road parcel adjacent to former Maine Yankee plant; town signs NDA in August 2025. Source: Central Maine

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Grassroots group Protect Wiscasset formed by Richard Davis.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Grassroots group Protect Wiscasset formed by Richard Davis. Selectboard reportedly voted November 4, 2025 to pause data center discussions (primary source was published November 3, pre-vote). Lincoln County rescinded $240,000 in ARPA affordable housing funds from Wiscasset citing incompatibility between data center and housing on the same parcel. RePower Wiscasset also formed in opposition.

Source: Maine Morning Star

Power and water

Power source not disclosed. Site is adjacent to former Maine Yankee Atomic Energy Plant on the Sheepscot River. Town signed NDA with developer in August 2025 prohibiting disclosure of developer identity.

Notes on the record

Coordinates are approximate, based on Wiscasset area near former Maine Yankee site. Developer identity remains undisclosed per NDA. As of March 2026 Lincoln County reallocated ARPA funds to Waldoboro and Newcastle. Land remains undeveloped. The $5 billion investment figure is press-reported, not confirmed. As of October 2026, the Portland Press Herald (13 May 2026) states that "plans to build a $5 billion data center were made public in September of 2025". Maine Morning Star (secondary source) could not be consulted as of July 2026. The operator is listed as 'Unnamed developer (NDA with town)' as that is the factual status.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) in Wiscasset?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site)?

No lawsuit over Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) appears in the record we track as of October 22, 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 Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site), and how big is it?

Unnamed developer (NDA with town) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 200 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site)," updated October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/wiscasset-proposed-me.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/wiscasset-proposed-me, retrieved October 29, 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.Wiscasset Loses ARPA Funding After Data Center Proposal, Confusion · Central Maine · retrieved July 6, 2026
2.As Data Centers Look to Rural New England, Maine Considers a Moratorium · Maine Morning Star · retrieved July 6, 2026
3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
4.How a data center derailed $240K for affordable housing in rural Maine · Portland Press Herald (Daily Yonder) · retrieved October 22, 2026
5.Unredacted NDA names Wiscasset's data center inquirer · Boothbay Register · retrieved October 22, 2026

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