New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statew
New York lawmakers have passed a one-year ban on the construction of new large data centers, pending the governor's signature. This moratorium aims to provide time for assessing the environmental and energy impacts of these facilities. The bill requires public hearings for new projects and directs the state's environmental agency to report on their resource consumption and pollution. AI
IMPACT This moratorium could slow the expansion of AI infrastructure in New York, potentially impacting compute availability and costs for AI development.