New York Finally Found a Corporation That Wants to Pay Taxes. So It Banned It.
James Hickman
July 16, 2026
On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the nation’s first statewide ban on new AI data centers. Data center development, she explained, “threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers.” Officially it’s a one-year moratorium while Albany designs a “regulatory framework.” She’s not wrong
