New York becomes first US state to suspend data centre development

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill halting new large-scale data centre construction, effective immediately. New York will spend 18 months studying grid impact, water use, and emissions. It's the first US state-level ban, directly hitting Amazon, Microsoft, and Google expansion plans. The post doesn't clarify whether projects already under construction are exempt, nor does it give affected project counts or investment figures.

Why it matters: New York signed the first US state-level data center moratorium, directly hitting Amazon, Microsoft, and Google expansion plans. The 18-month review and three hard criteria (grid, water, carbon) are real policy signals, not fluff. The score stops at 78 because the article does...