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WIRED
@wired.com

“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York’s governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year. www.wired.com/story/new-yo...

wired.comNew York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York’s governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.

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ARRM4
@ar-rm4.bsky.social

If she wanted to help energy prices she would push to build more renewable capacity. China will add 200GW of solar this year. Globally we will deploy 13GW of AI data centers. Even if 10% were being built in NY (spoiler it's not) China would cover that in 1 day of solar installs.

Jo
@service-worker.bsky.social

This is my biggest problem with my governor. He talks a big game but doesn’t follow through nearly enough. It’s all “proposed” or “looking into” or “calling on”. Give me action or get the fuck out of the way

Tobita Chow@tobitac.bsky.social

Pritzker proposes 2 year moratorium on tax credits for data centers and calls on PJM to “force data center developers to pay for capacity resources to power their operations” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comPritzker Plans to Halt Data Center Tax Perks as Power Bills SoarIllinois Governor JB Pritzker is seeking to temporarily halt incentives for data centers in a bid to contain soaring power bills.
Gary M. Hartman
@garymhartmam.bsky.social

“The cost per job can be extreme. In 1 case, a data center in New York promised 125 jobs in exchange for $1.4 billion, or $11 million per job, Good Jobs First found. The average cost of data center "megadeals" is $1.95 million per job, according to a Good Jobs First study.” qz.com/data-center-...

qz.comAI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers howA $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities
Gary M. Hartman
@garymhartmam.bsky.social

“The cost per job can be extreme. In 1 case, a data center in New York promised 125 jobs in exchange for $1.4 billion, or $11 million per job, Good Jobs First found. The average cost of data center "megadeals" is $1.95 million per job, according to a Good Jobs First study.” qz.com/data-center-...

qz.comAI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers howA $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities
Linotype Pilgrim
@symbo1ics.bsky.social

So the pause is on "environmental review" while a new "review process" is being developed? That is often how "obstacles" get removed. They must not be built. They cannot pass any environmental "review".