Big Tech's New York Shutdown: A Precedent Worth Watching The Empire State has become a testing ground for regulating the power hungry behemoths of the tech industry.
Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to sign a statewide moratorium on new data centers over 50 megawatts has sparked both applause and criticism. The environmental justification behind this move is twofold.
Large scale data centers contribute significantly to rising energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, which New York aims to mitigate in its pursuit of carbon neutrality by 2050.