#data #DataFi #DataSecurity #DataTheftAlert #dataprovider 🗽New York Is the latest state to consider a data center pause

Two New York lawmakers on Friday announced that they are introducing a bill that would impose a three-year moratorium on data center development. Lawmakers in at least five other states—Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Virginia—have also introduced bills this year that would impose various forms of temporary pauses on data center development.

New York currently has more than 130 data centers, with several large-scale projects. These projects are colliding with mounting concerns over impacts from data centers on the electric grid, environmental worries, and whether or not consumers would be footing the bill. Last month, as part of a larger set of actions intended to protect ratepayers from high energy costs, New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, launched a new initiative to improve interconnection and grid upgrades while requiring data centers to “pay their fair share.”