New York becomes first state to impose oneyear pause on new AI datacenters
Jul 14, 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul issues executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilitiesNew York became the first US state to enact a moratorium on new datacenters on Tuesday.Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order mandating a one-year statewide pause on the large fa
cilities used to power artificial intelligence products, which she signed at a mid-morning press conference. Continue reading... ...read more read less