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Data centers
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AEI says the data-center backlash collides with plans to tax them. Western New York’s towns should use their pause to decide
An American Enterprise Institute commentary argues that politicians want to both restrain data centers and tax them. Hamburg, West Seneca and other Western New York towns that have paused data centers should…
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Schumer and Gillibrand vote to advance the permitting overhaul as New York activists urged a ‘no’
The Senate voted 73-25 to take up a bipartisan bill to speed energy and infrastructure approvals and make data centers pay for their power. Here is what New York’s senators said, what…
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Hamburg votes unanimously to pause data centers for a year, and officials say nothing is proposed
Hamburg’s Town Board voted 5-0 Monday for a one-year moratorium on data-center applications and permits. Officials said no project is proposed and the town wants time to update its zoning rules.
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Hamburg is set to vote on a one-year pause on data centers while it rewrites the rules
Hamburg’s Town Board votes tonight on a one-year moratorium on data center applications and permits while it rewrites its zoning rules. West Seneca and the state have already hit pause.
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Wyden drafts data center excise tax as $19.46 billion STAMP project advances in Genesee County
Sen. Ron Wyden’s draft would tax data center revenue and end key tax breaks for the industry, though the rate is still blank. Republicans and the White House favor speeding up construction…
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Hochul’s budget office warns the data center backlash, including her own pause, could cool the AI boom paying New York’s bills
The state budget director told agencies to hold 2028 requests flat and warned that government scrutiny of AI infrastructure could slow the investment wave behind New York’s $7.3 billion revenue surprise.
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Akwesasne Mohawks and Tonawanda Senecas are fighting hyperscale data centers at both ends of New York
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe opposes a 635-megawatt data center planned near Akwesasne as Massena lines up lawyers for the review, while the Tonawanda Seneca Nation fights the STAMP project in court.…
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Albany’s data center review closes its first comment window Tuesday as Western New York’s biggest proposal sits on hold
Comments on the scope of New York’s statewide data center review are due Oct. 20, and 56 legislators want more time and public hearings. At STAMP in Genesee County, a $19.46 billion…
