New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium
New York is blocking new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday for the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers.
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Part of The backlash against AI data centers and their power and water costs
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19 sourcesTrump calls data centers 'money machines' and says New York is letting them slip away
New York Issues US’s First Statewide Moratorium on New Hyperscale Data Centers
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18 sourcesDetails on New York's data center construction pause, a first in the U.S.
New York Just Froze New Hyperscale AI Data Centers. Now This State May Enact a Similar Policy
New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium
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24 sourcesTrump skewers Hochul’s ban of data centers in NY: ‘Terrible decision’
Trump urges New York to reverse course on data centers after Hochul signs one-year moratorium
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3 articlesNew York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters
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3 developments- Jul 14New York enacts nation’s first statewide moratorium on data centers
- Jul 15Trump urges New York to reverse course on data centers after Hochul signs one-year moratorium
- Jul 17Why New York State imposed a data center moratorium
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