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Hochul Paused New York’s Data Center Boom. Here Is What She Did, What She Didn’t, and What Comes Next.
On July 14, 2026, Governor Hochul signed the nation's first statewide data center moratorium. The order is narrower than the Legislature's bill. The framework that followed is voluntary. And some of the largest projects in the queue may be exempt. This is what the board actually looks like.
The Pause That Isn't: New York's Data Center Moratorium and the Holes Big Enough to Build Through
New York's executive order pausing large data center permits has real gaps: a 50-megawatt floor, no coverage of local permits, and exemptions for projects already in the pipeline. A reporting tour of East Fishkill, Massena, Orangetown and Chateaugay finds the developers the state was aiming at have gone quiet, not gone away.
Anthropic seeks $200 billion raise at $380 billion valuation as AI capital race reaches new scale
Anthropic is seeking up to $200 billion at a $380 billion valuation as AI infrastructure spending reaches government scale.
What a Data Center Freeze Actually Does: Inside East Fishkill’s Three-Year Moratorium
A moratorium is not a ban. Inside East Fishkill's three-year pause on large data centers, and the gigawatt-scale proposal that prompted it.