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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Wiscasset Data Center (Old Ferry Road Site).
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Unnamed developer (NDA with town)
- Address and locality
- Wiscasset · Lincoln County · Maine
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 23 July 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001581
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Central Maine Power
- Power source
- Other
- Land area
- 200 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: opposed
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- September 2025
Provider notes
Energy. 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.
Community. 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 Lincoln County rescinded $240,000 in ARPA affordable housing funds from Wiscasset citing incompatibility between data center and housing on the same parcel.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.
What the source record says
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.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-09 · source-reported 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. Investment size reported in press at announcement but not independently verifiable from resolvable sources.
- 2025-11 · source-reported 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
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Wiscasset Loses ARPA Funding After Data Center Proposal, Confusion · Central Maine
- As Data Centers Look to Rural New England, Maine Considers a Moratorium · Maine Morning Star
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID wiscasset-proposed-me. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001581
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Wiscasset, ME · Lincoln (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Unnamed developer (NDA with town)
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: September 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-09 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-11 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 200 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Central Maine Power
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Other
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: opposed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-07-23
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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