New York becomes first state to impose one-year moratorium on new AI data centers

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state-level moratorium on data center construction, the first such move in the US. The decision comes as $130 billion in projects are stalled nationwide in a single quarter, amid growing concerns about resource consumption.

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