New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium
New York governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday enacting a one-year pause on the development of hyperscale data centers, effecting the nation’s first statewide data center moratorium. The executive order comes as opposition to data center construction sweeps across the country, putting elected officials under intense pressure to take action.
The order specifically pauses state environmental reviews for facilities over 50 megawatts for a year. It instructs the state’s Department of Public Service to assess the environmental and energy impact of data centers during this time, and to develop a new generic environmental impact statement, a general permitting process for complex environmental issues that may arise with data centers that want to build in the state. Hochul is also proposing an end to all tax incentives for data centers.
"We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities," Hochul said at a...
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