NEW YORK (AP) — New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment and energy grid from the power-hungry facilities that fuel artificial intelligence technology.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Tuesday to sign an executive order imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool.
The order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to
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