The state of New York could be the first in the US to pass a state-wide data center moratorium after its legislature voted on last week to approve a one-year moratorium on data centers.
The bill, which passed Thursday June 4, now goes to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has the power to approve or reject the ban.
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S10642, otherwise known as the Responsible Data Center Development Act, seeks to impose a one-year moratorium on data centers with a peak demand of 20MW and above.
It would require operators of data centers with a peak demand of 20MW and above to invest in the local community and create a separate electric and water rate class that applies specifically to these data centers, which are defined as “large data centers.”
