Data Center Developers Anxious After Hochul's Construction Pause
News ClipBusiness Insider·NY·7/15/2026
New York State Governor Hochul has implemented a construction pause, raising concerns among data center developers. This state-level action on permitting suggests to developers that similar pauses could occur in other states, causing anxiety within the industry.
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If a state as large as New York can put a pause on permitting, developers have to assume it could happen anywhere, said one AI lobbyist.