New York legislators pass one-year moratorium on new data center construction
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Phil Clark
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Summary
New York legislators have passed a bill proposing a one-year moratorium on new data center construction, which would be the first statewide ban of its kind. The bill is designed to pause development while the state assesses the environmental, energy, and infrastructure impacts of data centers, particularly those supporting AI. Governor Kathy Hochul has not yet signed it into law, so it remains a proposed framework. The move reflects growing public opposition to data centers and legislative efforts to regulate their rapid expansion.
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the lawmakers behind the bill say it is designed less as an outright ban than as a means of buying time to assess the many impacts of new data center construction
As public opinion turns against data centers, lawmakers struggle to halt new builds.
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