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description: Is Portland, ME a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict AVOID, score 32.3/100 (ISONE), as of 2026-11-12. 283 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-07). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Portland, ME data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Portland, ME data center market

Power availability in Portland, ME: DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 32.3 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 278 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Portland, ME data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Portland, ME market for a data center")`

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DCPI Score**32.3/100**

MW, all listings**283**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**AVOID**

## Portland, ME at a glance

Portland, ME has 10 MW planned among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Nautilus Data Technologies (10 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Planned | 10 |
| Total listed | 10 |

## Developers building or planning in Portland, ME

| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nautilus Data Technologies |  | 10 |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in Portland, ME

DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.

Portland's data center footprint consists of six tracked facilities operated by a mix of regional and national players, with CENTRA Digital Interconnect running two sites and Consolidated Communications, FirstLight, NNENIX, and Nautilus Data Technologies each operating one. The market has attracted modest consolidation interest—regulatory attention in nearby municipalities signals growing awareness of data center deployment—but no recent transactions have been recorded in Portland proper over the tracked window.

These paired signals suggest that operators seeking to expand or new entrants planning greenfield builds should expect deliberate timelines and elevated coordination requirements with local utilities and grid operators. The combination does not foreclose deployment—it means power availability and interconnection speed are the binding variables, not demand.

Operator fragmentation remains pronounced, with no dominant player and no tracked recent deals in the market. Nearby regulatory moves—South Berwick's data center moratorium and Portland, Oregon's emerging transparency rules around data center transactions—reflect broader municipal scrutiny across the region, though these actions do not directly constrain Portland, ME's current permit or interconnection environment.

Forward momentum depends on utility-side capacity additions and interconnection queue visibility, neither of which has generated public announcements in the immediate term.

## Data centers in Portland, ME

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Nautilus Maine](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/nautilus-data-technologies-nautilus-maine-c0336e33) | Nautilus Data Technologies | Planned | 10 |
| [CENTRA PWM1 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/centra-digital-interconnect-centra-pwm1-portland-maine-340-cumberland-d2cfc65e) | CENTRA Digital Interconnect | Operational |  |
| [Consolidated - 45 Forest Ave.](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/consolidated-communications-inc-consolidated-45-forest-ave-8188b114) | Consolidated Communications, Inc. | Operational |  |
| [FirstLight Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/firstlight-firstlight-data-center-b50a5389) | FirstLight | Operational |  |
| [FirstLight Regen Hut](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/nnenix-firstlight-regen-hut-0744e1ba) | NNENIX | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Maine](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/maine).

## More on Portland, ME

- [Portland, ME DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/portland-me)
- [Portland, ME market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/portland-me/brief)
- [Maine data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/maine/brief)
- [Maine data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/maine/data-center-incentives)

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