{"id":256612,"date":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256612\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","slug":"new-york-state-lawmakers-pass-one-year-data-center-construction-moratorium-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256612\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Lawmakers Pass One-Year Data Center Construction Moratorium \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new data center construction on Thursday, allowing lawmakers to assess how to regulate the booming industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s Senate and Assembly both chose to put a hold on permits to build new data storage facilities in the state, in order to determine what kind of legal guardrails need to be in place to protect environmental resources, infrastructure bandwidth and local communities.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Fierce Demand for Brooklyn \u2018Cool\u2019 Faces Political, Economic Roadblocks: Forum<\/a><\/p>\n

The passage of the bill in both chambers fell on the last official day of the legislative session in Albany, and it\u2019s unclear if Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign the legislation into law.<\/p>\n

Hochul\u2019s office kept opinions to itself regarding whether the moratorium would hold up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor will review the bill,\u201d was all a spokesperson for the executive chamber said to Commercial Observer.<\/p>\n

But Hochul\u2019s office has been proactive in attempting to keep utility costs down as demand for data storage balloons with the growth of artificial intelligence. The governor\u2019s office has\u00a0 instructed the New York State Public Service Commission to review how consumers can be protected.<\/p>\n

One of those ways is by ensuring that data centers have dedicated power supplies that don\u2019t overwhelm the public electric grid.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York will continue to lead in attracting new technologies, but we must also grow responsibly, ensuring affordability comes first and those profiting from data growth pay their share,\u201d Hochul said in a February statement<\/a>. \u201cTo prevent rising costs for everyday consumers, the state will enforce a simple standard: These industries must cover the costs of their expansion as it relates to utilities \u2014 just the same way it works for everyday consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The offices of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins did not immediately respond to\u00a0 requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Mark Hallum can be reached at mhallum@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new data center construction on Thursday, allowing lawmakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19675,10691,426,9,11,10,49,51,99998,50,1413,9516],"class_list":["post-256612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-andrea-stewart-cousins","tag-carl-heastie","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-legislature-channel","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-policy","tag-urban-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}