Kathy Hochul

September 4, 2026

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Control No. 58481 Puts $50K/MW Floor Before ERCOT Models 1 GW

August 28, 2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's one-year ban on large facilities remains the sharper freeze; governors of both parties are ending tax exemptions, forcing self-supply, capping water, and demanding community support before permits.

August 24, 2026

Opposition groups want multi-year statewide stops and call the order insufficient next to New York Governor Kathy Hochul's one-year hyperscale freeze at 50 MW and above.

August 22, 2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's July order pauses permits for facilities 50 MW or larger for up to one year.

August 4, 2026

Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 on July 14, halting discretionary state environmental permits for any datacenter needing 50 MW or more until the Department of Public Service finishes a Generic Environmental Impact Statement.

July 29, 2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's July 14 one-year hyperscale moratorium cites utility rates and water, though the rate case doesn't hold up against the numbers: New York residents pay 29.45 cents per kWh to Texas's 16.99 cents, despite Texas hosting twice the data center load.

July 24, 2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's Executive Order 62, issued July 14, suspends incomplete state environmental permits for facilities drawing 50 MW or more while the state prepares a Generic Environmental Impact Statement.

July 23, 2026

New York's statewide moratorium, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, gives regulators a year to draft ratepayer and grid rules and remains the first of its kind.

June 30, 2026

New York's legislature, by contrast, sent Gov. Hochul a 12-month moratorium that layers an 18-month environmental study plus prevailing-wage and on-site mitigation costs, pushing the effective freeze well past a year.

June 17, 2026

New York's legislature passed the nation's first statewide data center moratorium (20 MW threshold, sitting on Hochul's desk)

June 11, 2026

New York's legislature passed a one-year moratorium on facilities 20 MW and above (Senate 44-16, Assembly 102-39), with renewable mandates climbing to 90% by 2040 if Hochul signs.

June 9, 2026

New York's legislature passed a one-year moratorium on permits for any datacenter exceeding 20 MW; Gov. Hochul hasn't committed, and Maine's governor vetoed an identical bill in April.

June 6, 2026

New York's legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act, a one-year pause on 20 MW+ permits awaiting Governor Hochul's signature, layering separate utility rate classes, mandatory public hearings, renewable ramps to 90% by 2040, and prevailing wage requirements.

May 24, 2026

New York lawmakers are pushing a moratorium Governor Hochul has signaled she'll reject, while Stream Data Centers' 500 MW Genesee County proposal draws backlash despite generational municipal payments.

March 21, 2026

**New York:** Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed requiring data centers to supply their own generation or pay premiums shielding ratepayers.

March 20, 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants datacenters to self-generate or pay premiums.