Maine and New York Residents Petition Against AI Data Center Projects

A coalition of Eastport, Maine residents submitted a petition seeking to prohibit a large AI data center project in their town. The group raised concerns about the potential environmental impact and the scale of the development.

In upstate New York, a coalition of Finger Lakes groups delivered nearly 20,000 signatures to the Lansing Town Board to block TeraWulf's proposed AI data center on the shoreline of Cayuga Lake. Opponents warned of noise pollution, higher utility costs, water use, and strain on local wildlife, and they are pursuing legal challenges to the zoning decision while urging the state to strengthen oversight of data‑center development.