GCEDC calls proposed data center moratorium 'egregious infringement'
The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) has criticized a proposed one-year statewide moratorium on new data centers in New York. The GCEDC views the potential ban as an infringement on local decision-making and home rule. State lawmakers are reportedly close to approving this measure.
The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) issued a strong statement criticizing a proposed one-year statewide moratorium on data centers in New York. GCEDC officials, speaking from Batavia, described the potential ban as "yet another effort by the New York State Legislature to thwart home rule and local decision making.
The statement was released amid reports that state lawmakers are poised to approve the measure, which, if passed, would mark the first statewide data center moratorium in the nation. The GCEDC asserts that such a ban infringes on the ability of local governments to make their own economic development decisions.
The proposed moratorium could impact existing and future data center developments across the state, including sites like the STREAM U.S. Data Centers at the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park.