New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium

New hyperscale information centers can't acceptable up store successful New York for up to a twelvemonth present that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation's archetypal statewide moratorium. But a measure passed by the authorities legislature that could restrict adjacent much developments inactive awaits her signature.

The bid blocks caller biology permits for information centers implicit 50 megawatts, which the governor's bureau says volition springiness the authorities clip to travel up with the regulations needed to support residents from rising vigor prices and biology impact. That's higher than the 20 megawatt threshold approved by authorities lawmakers. Hochul's bureau could not instantly place th …

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