New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to implement moratorium; will also pursue repealing tax exemptions
New York is the first to pass a statewide data center moratorium, which pauses all projects greater than 50 MW for one year. The governor's office said that it will create a GEIS to hold developments…
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New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment
New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment
New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment
New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment
New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment
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