The nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale facilities gives officials up to one year to work out how to measure their environmental effects amid the AI building boom

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a one-year ban on data centers over 50 MW, making the state the first to impose a statewide hyperscale moratorium.

Data centre moratorium pushes have gained steam around the US, with bans proposed in at least a dozen states.