AUGUSTA — A data center project in Jay that prompted a gubernatorial veto is on hold, town officials posted to social media Thursday.

Mill property owners JGT2 said the developer notified them they are not moving forward “at this point,” according to a Facebook post.

“JGT2 is pursuing conversations with other interested parties but the data center project is currently on hold; future plans are yet to be determined,” the post reads.

Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill earlier this year because of the Jay project. State lawmakers passed a temporary statewide ban on data centers, saying the state needed time to study the issue and put guardrails in place. 

But Mills, a Democrat in her final term, said the ban would have impacted Jay’s ability to redevelop the former Androscoggin Mill.

In her veto letter, Mills said she wanted lawmakers to carveout the Jay project because it “enjoys strong local support from its host community and region.”

Mills has signed an executive order to create a council to study the impact of data centers. The group began meeting last week.

Developers had said they wanted to build a small-scale data center in Jay that would use the existing electrical grid and tap into less than 1% of the water that had been used by the mill. 

It was projected to create nearly 1,000 jobs during construction and lead to 125-150 high paying jobs.

Fellow Democrats blasted Mills for vetoing the bill, which would have been the first statewide temporary ban on data centers in the country.