州长Kathy Hochul签署行政令，暂时禁止州政府批准50兆瓦及以上大型数据中心的新建许可，可能影响十余个项目。 Hochul表示数据中心不应带来更高的电费、水资源消耗或噪音污染，且不能豁免地方区划和审批。 禁令将在州政府完成数据中心环境审查流程后解除，预计耗时约一年。 Hochul还考虑要求数据中心为州电网提供资金支持，并阻止超大规模数据中心享受税收优惠。 此举正值纽约州立法机构推进更严格措施之际，上月一项法案已推进暂停20兆瓦以上数据中心建设一年。
纽约成为第一个中止数据中心建设的州，此前州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）今日签署了一项行政命令，暂时禁止该州批准大型项目的新许可。
霍楚尔的命令适用于50兆瓦或更大的数据中心，可能影响十多个项目。州环境保护部将不会发放尚未完成的任何许可。
虽然资源问题引发了一些反对声音，但更大范围的对人工智能的担忧也是主要因素。皮尤研究中心（Pew Research）的一份最新报告发现，只有10%的美国人对日常生活中使用人工智能感到比担忧更多的兴奋，只有23%的人认为该技术会对人们的工作方式产生积极影响。不到四分之一的公众认为人工智能会促进经济增长，不到三分之一的人对政府会负责任地监管该技术有信心。
“进步不应以更高的电费、被切断的水源或噪音污染为代价。”霍楚尔在布鲁克林的新闻发布会上表示，“这些数据中心只能建在需要它们的地方，也只应建在这些地方。因此它们永远不会免于地方分区和地方审批。”
一旦州完成数据中心的环境审查流程，暂停令将被解除，霍楚尔预计这一过程约需一年。霍楚尔办公室还在考虑要求数据中心向一个支持州电网的基金缴费，她希望防止超大规模数据中心获得税收优惠。
霍楚尔的行政命令出台之际，更严格的措施正在纽约州立法机构推进。上个月，立法机构推进了一项法案，将暂停建设超过20兆瓦的数据中心一年，而另一项仍在委员会审议的法案将实施三年的暂停令。
近年来建造的平均数据中心规模小于100兆瓦，但随着人工智能推动计算需求上升，正在开发的数据中心预计将大得多。根据彭博新能源财经（BloombergNEF）的数据，到2030年，近四分之一的新数据中心将超过500兆瓦：https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/data-center-energy-demand-forecasted-to-soar-nearly-300-through-2035/，这是由日益增加的人工智能投资推动的。
数据中心暂停的想法已在州和联邦层面讨论过，但纽约是第一个将其付诸实践的州。今年12月，超过230个组织呼吁全国暂停新建数据中心。佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）也提出了全国范围的暂停提议，尽管没有得到太多支持。最近，缅因州立法机构通过了一项法案，原本将暂停新数据中心的建设至2027年11月1日，但州长珍妮特·米尔斯（Janet Mills）否决了该法案。
就在几年前，各州仍热衷于争取新建设项目而渴望数据中心，但最近，随着新项目规模的扩大，公众对数据中心的态度已经变得消极：https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/the-public-opposition-to-ai-infrastructure-is-heating-up/。它们建设的规模和速度已开始给电网带来压力：https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/the-biggest-u-s-power-grid-is-under-strain-from-ai-and-no-one-is-happy/，同时也给区域资源如水和农田带来负担。最近一项民意调查显示，三分之二的受访者表示他们担心数据中心会推高电价：https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/01/rising-energy-prices-put-ai-and-data-centers-in-the-crosshairs/。另一项调查发现，人们宁愿在自家后院看到亚马逊仓库，也不愿看到数据中心：https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/people-would-rather-have-an-amazon-warehouse-in-their-backyard-than-a-data-center/。
霍楚尔的命令可能正在为与特朗普政府的冲突铺路，而特朗普政府至今支持数据中心的发展。上个月，由特朗普任命的联邦能源监管委员会（Federal Energy Regulatory Commission）告诉电网运营商开发特别快速通道：https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/ai-data-centers-just-got-a-government-mandated-fast-lane-to-the-grid/，以加快数据中心的接入速度。
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New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today that temporarily bars the state from approving new permits for large projects.
Hochul’s order applies to data centers 50 megawatts or larger, potentially affecting more than a dozen projects. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will not issue any permits that haven’t already been completed.
While resource concerns have fueled some of the backlash, broader concern about AI has been behind much of it as well. A recent Pew Research report found that only 10% of Americans were more excited than concerned about AI use in daily life, and just 23% felt that the technology would have a positive impact on how people do their jobs. Less than a quarter of the general public feels that AI will give the economy a boost, and less than a third were confident that the government would regulate the technology responsibly.
“Progress shouldn’t arrive with a higher utility bill, deleted water supply, or noise pollution,” Hochul said at a press conference in Brooklyn. “These data centers can only be built, should only be built in places that want them. So they will never be exempt from local zoning, local approvals.”
The moratorium will be lifted once the state finalizes an environmental review process for data centers, which Hochul expects will take about a year. Hochul’s office is also considering requiring data centers to pay into a fund that would support the state’s electrical grid, and she would like to prevent hyperscale data centers from receiving tax benefits.
Hochul’s executive order arrives as more stringent measures are moving through New York’s legislature. Last month, the legislature advanced a bill that would pause construction of data centers larger than 20 megawatts for one year, while another still in committee would institute a three-year moratorium.
The average data center built in the last few years has been smaller than 100 megawatts, but those in development are expected to be much larger as AI drives computing demands higher. Through 2030, nearly a quarter of new data centers will exceed 500 megawatts：https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/data-center-energy-demand-forecasted-to-soar-nearly-300-through-2035/, according to BloombergNEF, driven by increasing AI investment.
The idea of a data center moratorium has been debated at the state and federal levels, but New York is the first to put one into practice. In December, more than 230 organizations called for a nationwide pause on new data centers. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has also proposed a nationwide moratorium, though it hasn’t received much traction. More recently, Maine’s legislature passed a bill that would have paused construction on new data centers until November 1, 2027, but Gov. Janet Mills vetoed it.
Just years ago, data centers were sought after by states eager to secure new development projects, but recently, public sentiment on data centers has soured：https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/the-public-opposition-to-ai-infrastructure-is-heating-up/ as new projects have grown in size. The scale and pace at which they’re being constructed has started to strain the electrical grid：https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/the-biggest-u-s-power-grid-is-under-strain-from-ai-and-no-one-is-happy/ in addition to regional resources like water and farmland. Two-thirds of respondents to a recent poll said they were concerned about data centers driving up electricity prices：https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/01/rising-energy-prices-put-ai-and-data-centers-in-the-crosshairs/. Another survey found that people would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center：https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/people-would-rather-have-an-amazon-warehouse-in-their-backyard-than-a-data-center/.
Hochul’s order could be setting up for a clash with the Trump administration, which thus far has supported data center development. Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is led by a Trump appointee, told grid operators to develop special fast lanes：https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/ai-data-centers-just-got-a-government-mandated-fast-lane-to-the-grid/ to speed data centers’ interconnections.
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