Data center project · Androscoggin County, Maine
MillCompute AI data center, Bates Mill No. 3
Denied · A downtown mill conversion for AI servers and tech offices that the city council turned down unanimously a week after the plan became public.
- Status
- Denied · as of Dec. 16, 2025
- Location
- Bates Mill No. 3, downtown Lewiston · Androscoggin County
- Power
- Not reported
No power figure in the sources reviewed; the plan used 85,000 square feet of an existing mill building. - Floor area
- 85,000 sq ft
- Investment
- $300 million, as reported by the Daily Yonder
- Developer and team
- MillCompute LLC
- Incentives
- Sought a 20-year TIF and credit enhancement agreement that would have returned 90% of the property's taxes to the developer in years 1-10 and 85% in years 11-20; the council rejected the project.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Updates, newest first
- Dec. 16, 2025 The City Council unanimously rejected the project, which came with a tax increment financing request, after a standing-room crowd turned out against it. (Maine Public, Dec. 17, 2025; The Maine Monitor (from the Daily Yonder), Feb. 23, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- The city's agenda packet and vote record were not opened.
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