The data center fight in Orangetown, New York
As of September 27, 2026, Orangetown, New York has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Aug 25, 2026; documented end date 2027-02-25).
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
Local Law 5, 2026: 6-month moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems; does not apply to DataBank Phase 2 already in review.
SourceNews
read 2026-09-11
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.
Nearby in New York
- East Fishkill (34 mi) — Enactedexpires 2029-07-01
- Islip (45 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-02-12
- Highland (57 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-18
- Brookhaven (57 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-01-17
- New York (statewide) (111 mi) — Enactedno fixed end — runs until a condition is met
- New York (S10642/A11560) (111 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Mohawk (Montgomery Co.) (131 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-13
- Perth (Fulton Co.) (139 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-04
All 16 tracked actions in New York are on the state page.
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.