About this episode

The episode discusses the recent one-year moratorium on data center construction in New York and the ongoing debate surrounding the issue.

State lawmakers passed a one-year moratorium on data center construction just before the end of session late last week, but the discourse over the controversial projects hasn't stopped. State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt says the framing of the conversation around data centers is faulty, and puts the blame on NY's energy infrastructure.

Topics covered

• data centers
• construction moratorium
• energy infrastructure
• state lawmakers
• controversial projects

Keywords

• data center
• moratorium
• construction
• New York
• energy infrastructure
• Rob Ortt
• state lawmakers

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Places: NY

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