New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, issued an executive order Tuesday that puts a moratorium on the construction of large-scale data centers. The pause, which will last up to a year, is the nation’s first statewide ban on data centers, which have drawn increasing concern from lawmakers a...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/politics/new-york-governor-orders-first-statewide-data-center-moratorium/)