在 February 6, 2026，纽约州参议员 Liz Krueger 与州众议员 Anna Kelles 宣布一项法案，拟对核发新的资料中心许可实施为期 3-year 的暂停措施，使纽约成为近几周至少第 6 个提出某种形式暂缓的州。该提案被定位为一股快速扩张、明确跨党派的反弹之一部分，议题涵盖气候与用水疑虑、电网可靠性，以及可能推高消费者能源帐单的风险。在全国层面，参议员 Bernie Sanders 于 December 呼吁全面暂停资料中心许可；Florida 州长 Ron DeSantis 则在一场 AI 政策圆桌会上批评资料中心，主张反对因为「so some chatbot」就让帐单变高，还能影响一名 13-year-old。
文章指出纽约目前的规模与管线：该州已有超过 130 个资料中心在运作，且有多个大型专案正在提案或建设中，包括一座规划在旧燃煤电厂址上的 450-megawatt 设施。纽约一家公用事业公司通报，约有 10 gigawatts 的大型负载用电需求（主要由资料中心带动）正排队等待并网，且这些排队需求在 1 year 内增至 3 倍。在此背景下，州长 Kathy Hochul 近期推出以用户付费者为核心的措施，聚焦于并网与电网升级，同时要求资料中心「pay their fair share」；而该法案将要求环境保护署（Department of Environmental Conservation）与公共服务委员会（Public Service Commission）在暂停期间制作影响报告并提出新规则。
纽约的提案被描述为更广泛立法浪潮的一部分：另有 5 个州（Georgia、Maryland、Oklahoma、Vermont、Virginia）的立法者提出暂时暂停的法案；同时，至少 14 个州已透过城镇与郡县层级的行动出现地方性暂停措施。倡议团体也在扩大规模：超过 200 个组织联署致函，敦促国会制定全国性暂停，称 AI 驱动的资料中心热潮是重大的环境与社会威胁；而产业与大型企业则以外联与「good neighbor」承诺回应。文章也强调曝险不均与政治动能：据称 Vermont 只有 2 个资料中心，但 Virginia 是主要枢纽，已提出超过 60 项与资料中心相关的法案；一个自称改革派的党团从 2024 的 3 名政治人物，成长到 2025 的 8 名，再到 2026 约 12 或 13 名，立法者推动更严格的选址与影响要求，并预期在新领导之下会出现不同结果。
On February 6, 2026, New York state senator Liz Krueger and assembly member Anna Kelles announced a bill to impose a 3-year moratorium on permitting new data centers, making New York at least the 6th state to introduce some form of pause in recent weeks. The proposal is framed as part of a fast-growing, explicitly bipartisan backlash that spans climate and water concerns, grid reliability, and the risk of higher consumer energy bills. Nationally, Senator Bernie Sanders called in December for a blanket moratorium on data center permitting, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis criticized data centers at an AI policy roundtable, arguing against higher bills “so some chatbot” can affect a 13-year-old.
The article points to New York’s current scale and pipeline: more than 130 data centers already operate in the state, and multiple large projects are proposed or under construction, including a 450-megawatt facility planned on an old coal plant site. A New York utility reported about 10 gigawatts of large-load electric demand, mainly driven by data centers, queued for grid connection, and that queued demand tripled in 1 year. Against that backdrop, Governor Kathy Hochul recently rolled out ratepayer-focused actions aimed at interconnection and grid upgrades while requiring data centers to “pay their fair share,” and the bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Public Service Commission to produce impact reports and propose new rules during the moratorium window.
The New York proposal is presented as part of a broader legislative wave: lawmakers in 5 other states (Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Virginia) have introduced temporary-pause bills, while local moratoriums have already appeared across at least 14 states via town and county actions. Advocacy groups are scaling up too: more than 200 organizations signed a letter urging Congress to enact a national moratorium, calling the AI-driven data center boom a major environmental and social threat, while industry and major firms are responding with outreach and “good neighbor” commitments. The article also highlights uneven exposure and political momentum: Vermont reportedly has only 2 data centers, but Virginia is a major hub where more than 60 data-center-related bills have been proposed, and a self-identified reform caucus grew from 3 politicians in 2024 to 8 in 2025 to about 12 or 13 in 2026 as lawmakers push for tighter siting and impact requirements and anticipate different outcomes under new leadership.