City's data center moratorium in New York impacts Digi Power X’s hopes to convert cryptomine to AI data center

Plans for cryptomining data center firm Digi Power X to convert a facility outside Buffalo, New York, into an AI data center have been impacted by a local data center moratorium.

First reported by local press, including BuffaloNews, WIVB, and WKBW, Digi Power X this month filed with the North Tonawanda planning commission to allow the company to convert its existing cryptomine site into an AI facility.

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However, the city of North Tonawanda this month officially extended its moratorium on cryptomines and data centers for another year, halting Digi Power’s plans.

Digi Power X has been operating the Fortistar gas power plant – at 1070 Erie Ave in North Tonawanda – since around 2021. The site offers around 60MW, which to date the company has been using to mine crypto, with the potential to add another 60MW.