PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 10, 2026
Van Buren is a perfect Maine home for an AI data centers. Van Buren is cold in the winter, which is why lots of companies overlook the great resources available in the town. But this handicap is a benefit for data centers, which require massive cooling to function. Van Buren’s cool climate would give a data center a much better power usage coefficient. LiquidCool Solutions is already building a data center at the nearby Loring Commerce Center, immersing its data chips in liquid nitrogen to keep them cool. In 2023, Eternal Mind opened a data center at Loring, hosting quantum computers. Only: Loring is in a cellular dead zone. Van Buren has good cell service. Both Loring and Van Buren are connected to the “Three-Ring Binder” high-speed internet infrastructure. C’est bon! ~ Keith Hall Taft, former resident of Van Buren now living in St. Petersburg, Florida