No hyperscale facilities have landed in New York yet — but Hochul signed a moratorium anyway, with her reelection and the state's utility bills on the line.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s order imposing a year-long moratorium on large new data centers in the state comes amid growing opposition to massive data center buildouts to power…

During this one-year pause, the state seeks to create a regulatory framework that will evaluate and address how data centers impact the environment, energy use and more.

The one-year pause starts now.