Tag: data centers

Governor Kathy Hochul told the Wall Street Journal that New York is temporarily pausing new hyperscale AI data centers (50 MW+) while it writes rules to protect ratepayers, communities and infrastructure, and said existing facilities and smaller projects can continue.

Governor Kathy Hochul held a Western New York roundtable announcing a one‑year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers while the state builds rules to protect ratepayers, the grid and local communities.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing state permitting for new hyperscale data centers for up to one year while New York develops a statewide regulatory framework and a Community Investment Framework for localities.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she has paused new data-center applications while New York develops a community investment framework requiring greater community benefits and cleaner power sources; she emphasized renewables and nuclear and said permitted projects will proceed.

Governor Kathy Hochul told WSYR the state is pausing approvals for hyperscale data centers while agencies craft a review framework that protects local utilities and prioritizes projects such as Micron's Syracuse semiconductor campus.