New York to impose country's first statewide moratorium on data centers

New York has become the first US state to implement a statewide moratorium on the construction of new large data centers. Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order mandating this one-year pause specifically for resource-intensive AI facilities. This temporary block allows the state to establish necessary rules to protect the energy grid and the environment from the impact of these facilities, ensuring that future developments are managed sustainably across the entire state of New York.