New York becomes first US state to impose a data center moratorium

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New York became the first state in the U.S. to impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers today after Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing state environmental permits for large facilities for up to a year.

Executive Order No. 62 took effect on signing and covers hyperscale data centers that draw 50 [โ€ฆ]


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