Gov. Kathy Hochul orders election year ‘pause’ on new large-scale data centers to power AI in NY

Fuente: New York Post

New York state regulators won’t issue environmental permits for large-scale data centers for the next year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. Hochul will sign an executive order implementing a “moratorium” on new air permits for so-called “hyperscale” data centers trying to tap into the Empire State’s electrical grid for up to a year.