Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers in New York. The order blocks new permits for data centers over 50 megawatts and gives the state time to come up with regulations to protect residents from rising energy prices and environmental impact. The bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits the governor's signature.
In 2025, the Legislature passed one of the strongest data center laws in the country. Minnesota built a fence around the ratepayer before a single server arrived. Google wants to build a data center campus in Goodhue County, tied to an Xcel Energy plan to add 1,900 megawatts of new generation. A judge halted the groundbreaking in May, and a group has filed challenges in a string of other Minnesota towns.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that New York state regulators won't issue environmental permits for large-scale data centers for the next year. She will sign an executive order implementing a “moratorium” on new air permits for so-called “hyperscale” data centers trying to tap into the Empire State’s electrical grid for up to a year.
Palm Beach County commissioners will take a final vote on Project Tango, a hyperscale AI campus proposed for a 202-acre site north of Southern Boulevard. On July 2, the county’s zoning commission voted 6-0 to urge county commissioners to deny the project. The developer wants to amend the master site plan to build the AI campus. Opponents estimate the campus could draw more than 600 megawatts of electricity, more than 17 times the power of the largest traditional data center in Florida.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday morning imposing the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers. The order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to create standards that address environmental impacts, energy demand, water usage and other factors.
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers in New York. The order blocks new permits for data centers over 50 megawatts and gives the state time to come up with regulations to protect residents from rising energy prices and environmental impact. The bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits the governor's signature.
In 2025, the Legislature passed one of the strongest data center laws in the country. Minnesota built a fence around the ratepayer before a single server arrived. Google wants to build a data center campus in Goodhue County, tied to an Xcel Energy plan to add 1,900 megawatts of new generation. A judge halted the groundbreaking in May, and a group has filed challenges in a string of other Minnesota towns.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that New York state regulators won't issue environmental permits for large-scale data centers for the next year. She will sign an executive order implementing a “moratorium” on new air permits for so-called “hyperscale” data centers trying to tap into the Empire State’s electrical grid for up to a year.
Palm Beach County commissioners will take a final vote on Project Tango, a hyperscale AI campus proposed for a 202-acre site north of Southern Boulevard. On July 2, the county’s zoning commission voted 6-0 to urge county commissioners to deny the project. The developer wants to amend the master site plan to build the AI campus. Opponents estimate the campus could draw more than 600 megawatts of electricity, more than 17 times the power of the largest traditional data center in Florida.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday morning imposing the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers. The order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to create standards that address environmental impacts, energy demand, water usage and other factors.