Data Center Registry
Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site)
Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine
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. 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
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 200 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- 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 2025ProposedWiscasset 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 2025ProposedUnnamed 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. Investment size reported in press at announcement but not independently verifiable from resolvable sources. 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.
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. investmentUsd removed: the $5B figure was cited in press at announcement but is not present in the Central Maine article (the only resolvable primary source) and could not be confirmed from any URL that returned content; Maine Morning Star (secondary source) returned HTTP 403. Operator field lists '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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- FirstLight Brunswick Data Center · Brunswick · FirstLight Fiber15 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site) in Wiscasset?
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.
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 July 23, 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 July 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/wiscasset-proposed-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/wiscasset-proposed-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.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
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