Trump rails against New York’s statewide datacenter moratorium
Summary
President Donald Trump criticized New York Governor Kathy Hochul for pausing the building of large datacenters, which support artificial intelligence. New York is the first US state to stop new datacenter projects for one year to create environmental rules and protect resources.Key Facts
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an order pausing new “hyperscale” datacenter construction for one year.
- Datacenters use a lot of resources like energy and water to support services such as artificial intelligence.
- President Trump said the pause was a bad political decision and called for it to end immediately.
- The pause aims to protect energy grids, reduce land and noise impact, and safeguard water supplies.
- Trump supports fewer regulations on AI and says datacenters should pay their own costs without tax breaks.
- Many Americans are worried about datacenters raising energy prices and hurting local environments.
- Several states and cities, including Seattle, have also put temporary bans on datacenter construction.
- Trump warned that restrictive policies could cause the US to lose datacenter projects and AI development to China.
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