Statewide data center action in New York
New York has a proposed data center moratorium on this tracker. Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Responsible Data Center Development Act: 1-year moratorium on state permits for 20+ MW facilities, plus a dedicated utility rate class, a DEC impact study, and a host-community benefit program. Passed the Senate 43-17. Per the Senate's own record it had not been delivered to the Governor as of Aug 4, 2026 — Hochul acted by executive order (EO 62, 50 MW floor) instead. Still live, and stricter than the EO
Source
read 2026-08-04
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in New York.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- New York briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Elsewhere in New York
- Lysander (Onondaga Co.) — Enactedexpires 2026-11-06
- Perth (Fulton Co.) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-04
- Tonawanda (Erie Co.) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-03
- Newfield (Tompkins Co.) — Enactedexpires 2027-07-09
- St. Lawrence County — Proposed
- Mohawk (Montgomery Co.) — Proposed
- New York (statewide) — Enacted
- Islip — Enactedexpires 2028-02-12
- Brookhaven — Enactedexpires 2028-01-17
- East Fishkill — Enactedexpires 2029-06-26
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.