What happens when the one-year pause ends?
Hochul's office says the moratorium lifts once New York finishes a framework covering environmental review, community investment, and grid funding for new data centers. The state is also pursuing legislation to repeal sales tax exemptions for large-scale data centers and directing utility regulators to require centers fund their own clean power generation.
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New York Just Became the First US State to Halt New AI Data CentersHochul's executive order freezes new 50MW+ data center permits for a year, after NY electric bills rose 68% since 2019.
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