We were lately in Millinocket, Maine, where one of the largest paper mills in the world closed in 2008, and wondered, after we got home, what was going to happen to the old mill site. According to ourkatahdin.com and other sources, the site has been bought by a company called Nautilus, which plans to convert it to a “data center campus that will feature 84,000 square feet of data space with plans to expand to 60 megawatts of critical IT load.” This site has water power — apparently 60 megawatts worth. This … (read more)
