New York enacts nation's first statewide data-center moratorium

🚨 BREAKING News: New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

New hyperscale data centers can’t set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits her signature.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul has just made New York the first state with a hyperscale data center moratorium. Hochul signed an executive order instituting a one-year ban on data centers over 50 megawatts rather than signing legislation passed by the legislature that also included a one-year ban.

"Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday placing a one-year pause on the construction of the largest data centers, putting the state at the forefront of the national debate over artificial intelligence companies’ impact on American landscapes and energy grids."

today, ny becomes the first state with a statewide data center moratorium even though the hochul data center pause is less aggressive than ny's data center moratorium bill passed in may, it's still "a gigantic step forward," one advocate told me

UPDATE: Governor Kathy Hochul still has not signed the data-center moratorium bill. Instead she's issued an executive order that's a watered-down version. TO DO: Keep up the pressure. Call Hochul at (518) 474-8390. Say: "The executive order is weak—sign the Responsible Data Center Development Act."

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul is enacting the nation’s first state-level moratorium on large-scale data center construction amid concerns over the impact of the facilities meant to support AI.

NY Gov Hochul is signing an Executive Order enacting the nation’s first state-level moratorium on data center construction, pausing construction permits for up to one year so the state can create energy and environmental regulatory plans. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"Before it goes any further, I need safeguards in place to protect New Yorkers," said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. https://bit.ly/4bkTu1i

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 and energy grid from the power-hungry facilities that fuel artificial intelligence technology.

Hochul's executive order is not the same as the legislation passed earlier this year. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Hochul’s order, which is much weaker than the data center moratorium the legislature passed, attempts to make it look like she’s acting as the election looms. She’s doing everything she can, politically, to protect tech billionaires, developers & AI. Sign the bill, Hochul!

#NewYork #Gov. Kathy #Hochul signed an executive order blocking new large AI data centers for a year, citing concerns over energy use, water demand & environmental impacts. The order pauses state permits while regulators develop new standards for the facilities. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/14/k...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has initiated several other measures to examine the impact data centers will have on the state as a whole.

New York is banning only data centers that are 50 megawatts or more. This stock photo is of a data center in Vernon, California - and is only 33 megawatts. So this would still be legal.