loading . . . How a Data Center Derailed $240,000 for Affordable Housing in Rural Maine On a crisp afternoon in early April 2026, Richard Davis walked to the end of a boat launch on the Back River, a tidal channel that cuts through Midcoast Maineâs rocky coastline. As the tide swept in, Davis, co-founder of a local group called Protect Wiscasset and an area resident, fixed his attention on the opposite riverbank. There, a 300-acre parcel of land, mostly covered by evergreen trees, is the subject of a decades-long debate thatâs sparked questions about land use, energy, and local control in the town of Wiscasset, a community in Maineâs rural Lincoln County with a year-round population of 4,000 residents. https://dailyyonder.com/how-a-data-center-derailed-240000-for-affordable-housing-in-rural-maine/2026/05/07/