Kathy Hochul

NY Governor Kathy Hochul on Her One Year Data Center Moratorium

Governor Kathy Hochul says New York’s one-year data center moratorium is a temporary pause, not a ban, meant to force large projects to bring their own power or pay more for grid access. The conversation widens into New York’s broader fight over electricity, housing supply, nuclear buildout, AI-driven job disruption, and which kinds of economic development deserve scarce power capacity.