Data Center Moratorium

Overview

Local and state-level efforts in the US to pause or restrict new hyperscale data center construction amid energy, water, and community concerns driven by AI infrastructure demand.

Timeline

• 2026-10: 100+ proposed US moratoriums cited as AWS announces end to government NDAs on data center projects (2026-10-03-amazon-data-center-ndas-discontinued)
• 2026-07-14: New York hyperscale moratorium (EO 62) (2026-07-14-new-york-hyperscale-data-center-moratorium)

Key Players

• amazon
• new-york-data-center-moratorium

Related Topics

• ai-infrastructure-regulation
• data-center-transparency

Sources

• 2026-10-03-amazon-data-center-ndas-discontinued