New York offers Democrats a roadmap for data center fight

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has enacted the nation's first statewide data center moratorium, moving quickly via executive order in response to voter concerns about rapid AI industry expansion. Axios reports the order pauses projects above fifty megawatts, while state legislators negotiate additional, more restrictive measures. The idea, once dismissed as radical, is now becoming policy—moratorium bills are cropping up across the country.

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