New York Sets First-Ever Statewide Pause on Big Data Centers
TL;DR
Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order pausing new large-scale data center permits in New York for up to a year to allow regulators to craft energy- and environment-focused standards, with exceptions for smaller or research/education/healthcare facilities. Existing permits stay unaffected, and Hochul also aims to push legislation ending data-center sales tax subsidies; the move could influence similar actions in other states.
- Hochul to approve nation’s first state-level data center pause Politico
- New York to enact first statewide moratorium on AI data centers Business Insider
- New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on ‘hyperscale’ data centers The Hill
- New York Set to Temporarily Ban Large New Data Centers WSJ
- New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers Boston Herald
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