{"id":12754,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/wells-data-center-moratorium\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:19:35","slug":"wells-data-center-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/wells-data-center-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fnWBxiYIXZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/02\/wells-passes-mobile-home-rent-moratorium-sends-issue-to-voters-in-november\/\">Wells approves mobile home rent moratorium, sends proposed ordinance to voters in November<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWells approves mobile home rent moratorium, sends proposed ordinance to voters in November\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/02\/wells-passes-mobile-home-rent-moratorium-sends-issue-to-voters-in-november\/embed\/#?secret=GKPdS7yq0M#?secret=fnWBxiYIXZ\" data-secret=\"fnWBxiYIXZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people of Wells will vote whether to enact an ordinance that establishes a retroactive moratorium on data centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"None","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"A 180-day moratorium would pause any data center developments 100,000 square feet or larger.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"Data center development remains permitted in line with current town ordinances.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/02\/wells-passes-mobile-home-rent-moratorium-sends-issue-to-voters-in-november\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1100],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12754","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-wells"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13458,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12754\/revisions\/13458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12754"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12754"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}