Kathy Hochul is a flawed politician, but this is definitely the right move.
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The executive order is separate from New York's Responsible Data Center Development Act recently passed by the state legislature. That bill would have also banned data center permits for a year, but required energy efficiency goals for data centers and specific benefits for host communities. Governor Hochul has yet to sign that bill but is considering it.
Really this is the first US ban on them?? I know the law moves slow and all, but as horrid as those things have proven to be, I'd have guessed this was already common practice in the less shit places to live.
Well, here's hoping that ball picks up momentum asap.
Damn dude this gov was against democracratic socialist policies but when it comes to favorability ratings composes a vague worded executive policy that may or may not have loop holes..
what loopholes? this seems pretty clear:
hold in abeyance all applications for any discretionary permit, approval, license, or similar form of permission for the construction or expansion of a data center that (1) are or may hereafter be pending before DEC and (2) have not been determined to be complete by DEC before the date of this Executive Order
(until the state assesses the general impact of the rate of data center construction we've seen, that is)
Not enough of a limit on power IMO still allows for some pretty large data centers to be built. But progress is progress.
New York once again really impressing me this year.
They’ll just name it something else and build it anyway.
The law is targeted based on how much energy it consumes, not what they call it.
Knee jerk doomerism is an emotional response, not an intellectual one.
Isn't the easy way to work around this by building 2x25MW data centres next to each (down the road, a mile away, next county, whatever) and just ensure they operate as 1 with high speed dark fibre?
This... uh... Information Hub consumes 50 Mebiwatts of power, wink wink.
Labeling disagreement as “emotional” is easier than engaging with the substance. My point is about enforcement, not despair.
Banning data centers where none wants to build dara centers. Great job.
What makes you think that nobody wants to anywhere in New York State?

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