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Data Center Political Risk

New York data center moratoriums & political risk

Dimetrics tracks 13 data center moratoriums, restrictive-zoning ordinances, and siting actions across New York — and ties each to the publicly-traded bitcoin miners and neoclouds operating in the state.

Tracked operators with sites in New York · 5

Moratoriums & restrictions in New York

Local and state actions affecting data center siting. Each links to its public source.

JurisdictionActionStatusEnactedSource
New York (statewide) — Executive Order (Hochul hyperscale moratorium)state · New YorkMoratoriumactiveJul 2026Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Newfieldtown · TompkinsMoratoriumactiveJul 2026Tompkins Weekly
East Fishkilltown · DutchessMoratoriumactiveJun 2026WAMC / Data Center Dynamics
Orangetowntown · RocklandMoratoriumproposedJun 2026Rockland County Times
Town of Perthtown · FultonMoratoriumactiveJun 2026Rockefeller Institute of Government
Town of Oneontatown · OtsegoMoratoriumactiveMay 2026Source
Lysandertown · OnondagaPauseactiveMay 2026Rockefeller Institute of Government
Town of Drydentown · TompkinsBanactiveFeb 2026Source
AlbanycityBanproposedWAMC
New YorkcityMoratoriumproposedgoogle-news
New York (statewide) — S10642 (passed, awaiting Hochul)state · New YorkMoratoriumproposedNew York State Senate
New York (statewide) — S9144Astate · New YorkMoratoriumproposedNew York State Senate
Claytown · OnondagaBanproposedgoogle-news

Score New York's data center political risk

Dimetrics scores each jurisdiction's resistance capacity — blending political lean, income and education, grid adequacy, and enacted actions — and maps it to operator exposure at the site level. See the scored interactive map, or query it in Claude via the Dimetrics MCP.

Moratorium and zoning records are compiled from public filings and news sources and provided as is. Not legal or investment advice. See all states →

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