Loring Commerce Centre

Loring, which is on a former Air Force base, is Maine’s largest business park by size, with 8,700 acres, and is a key piece of Aroostook County’s place in the region’s larger economy.

The AI center will feature information technology hardware developed by LiquidCool Solutions, a Rochester, Minn., maker of data infrastructure and an immersion cooling technology.

Tenants come from Caribou, Caswell and New Brunswick and were looking for space needed to grow their operation and markets.

The Taste of Maine Potato Chip Co. in Aroostook County will be 96,000 square feet, employ 40 to 60 people and use locally grown potatoes.

Superfund sites in Limestone, Corinna, Washburn, Saco and Brunswick are all on the EPA's "national priorities" list.

When completed inn 1949, the 126,000-square-foot building was the largest arch roof structure in the country, capable of servicing two B-36 bombers simultaneously.

The first conference, in November, drew over 320 people including key industry players. The second confab is being positioned as an invitation for the global space community to engage with Maine's rapidly growing space economy.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements from businesses, professional services firms, health care providers and nonprofits around Maine.

Carl Flora, president and CEO of the authority since 2005, will consult with board members and staff during the transition. Jon Judkins has been named interim president and CEO, effective Jan. 1.

The company, HyperSpace Propulsion, wants to build spaceplanes at the former Air Force base, and says the work will bring 400 jobs to northern Maine.