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New York enacts datacenter moratorium, Governor expected to veto stricter bill

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has implemented a datacenter moratorium through Executive Order 62, making it the first state to do so. This order pauses discretionary environmental permits for projects of 50 MW and up while the state conducts a generic environmental review and an interconnection study. While the legislature passed the more stringent Responsible Data Center Development Act, which would pause datacenters at 20 MW and enact broader regulations, Hochul is expected to veto it, potentially using her less stringent order as leverage in negotiations. AI

IMPACT This policy could impact the expansion of AI infrastructure by potentially slowing datacenter development in New York.

RANK_REASON Significant policy action by a state governor regarding datacenter development. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=5 ai=0.4]

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New York enacts datacenter moratorium, Governor expected to veto stricter bill

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COVERAGE [5]

  1. X — SemiAnalysis TIER_1 English(EN) · SemiAnalysis_ ·

    Although the bill isn't dead and a revised version is being negotiated now, we expect Hochul to veto the Act, and use her less stringent pause as leverage. Unti

    Although the bill isn't dead and a revised version is being negotiated now, we expect Hochul to veto the Act, and use her less stringent pause as leverage. Until then, the only rule binding datacenters in New York is one the Governor can rescind. Project-level detail on the New

  2. X — SemiAnalysis TIER_1 English(EN) · SemiAnalysis_ ·

    Hochul's order is essentially a pause-and-study. It holds discretionary DEC environmental permits for projects of 50 MW and up while the state completes a gener

    Hochul's order is essentially a pause-and-study. It holds discretionary DEC environmental permits for projects of 50 MW and up while the state completes a generic environmental review, and it tells the Department of Public Service to finish its large-load interconnection study.

  3. X — SemiAnalysis TIER_1 English(EN) · SemiAnalysis_ ·

    The Act reaches further, pausing datacenter at 20 MW rather than 50 and writing lasting rules into law: dedicated electric and water rate classes above 20 MW, p

    The Act reaches further, pausing datacenter at 20 MW rather than 50 and writing lasting rules into law: dedicated electric and water rate classes above 20 MW, public hearings before new permits, efficiency goals for anything over 5 MW, a host community benefit program, and

  4. X — SemiAnalysis TIER_1 English(EN) · SemiAnalysis_ ·

    She wasn't short of options: a moratorium had been sitting on her desk since June 4, when the legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act by

    She wasn't short of options: a moratorium had been sitting on her desk since June 4, when the legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act by wide margins (44-16 in the Senate, 102-39 in the Assembly). It remains unsigned. (2/5)

  5. X — SemiAnalysis TIER_1 English(EN) · SemiAnalysis_ ·

    The datacenter fight in the US has so far run through county boards and city councils. But that ended on July 14, when Gov Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 6

    The datacenter fight in the US has so far run through county boards and city councils. But that ended on July 14, when Gov Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 62 and New York became the first state to implement a datacenter moratorium. (1/5)🧵 https://t.co/TwnhQryzgv

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