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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sanya Mansoor

New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters

a group of people holding signs protesting against AI datacenters, such as 'moratorium now!'
Advocates and lawmakers rally in support of a moratorium on new datacenters in New York at the capitol in Albany in May. Photograph: Albany Times Union/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

New York became the first US state to enact a moratorium on new datacenters on Tuesday.

Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order mandating a one-year statewide pause on the large facilities used to power artificial intelligence products, which she signed at a mid-morning press conference.

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