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Recent New York data center news

• Dec 19, 2025

  Driving the connected mobility shift: Verizon’s view on V2X

  Verizon Business, via SVP Daniel Lawson, outlines how its Edge Transportation Exchange (ETX) platform will scale vehicle‑to‑everything (V2X) by combining 5G connectivity, edge compute, and network slicing for transportation use cases.

  • Main details: ETX targets emergency-vehicle preemption, vulnerable road user protection, tolling efficiency, autonomous freight corridors, and OEM test facilities, leveraging ultra‑reliable low‑latency 5G, edge inferencing for cameras and sensors, and programmable network slices (for first responders, trucking, transportation) to orchestrate traffic infrastructure and vehicle data in near real time; Verizon is running pilots in Texas (Houston–Dallas autonomous trucking) and Germany (OEM facilities) and testing vulnerable‑road‑user protections with TCU manufacturers.
  • Background and context: Lawson emphasizes secure‑by‑design cybersecurity, multi‑stakeholder commercialization challenges (cities, OEMs, insurers, toll operators), and the need for top–down governance plus local customization; McKinsey’s ACES framing and MCFM provide analytical context, while projections cited include 90%+ of cars connected and ~50% level‑2+ autonomy by 2030, pointing to a 2030s landscape where V2X platforms, edge analytics, and programmability form critical infrastructure for mobility.
• Dec 18, 2025

  AI Is Draining the Grid—and the Power Solution Is Sitting Idle Right Next Door

  Daniel Domingues (founder and CEO of Planno) calls for deploying commercial and industrial rooftop solar and battery storage near data centers to meet AI-driven electricity demand while avoiding long transmission build timelines.

  • Main announcement/action: Advocate to prioritize C&I rooftop solar + storage adjacent to data center clusters to supply local load quickly; cites IEA projection of data center electricity reaching ~1,000 TWh by 2030, U.S. interconnection queues holding >2,000 GW, and transmission projects taking ~10 years (with permitting >50% of that timeline). Notes New Jersey Planno data: 13.5 GW total C&I rooftop potential, 7% adoption, leaving ~10.7 GW untapped; systems <2 MW can use streamlined permitting/interconnection and be built in months.
  • Background and details: Draws on NREL national assessment and a Deloitte study (82% and 92% statistics on innovation/investment focus), highlights benefits of proximity, speed, and private financing (PPAs/leases) for C&I solar; recommends pairing with batteries/microgrids to meet peaks and provide localized resilience.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Environmentalists and Affordability Duke It Out in New York

  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has shifted to an affordability-focused energy agenda, approving the NESE natural gas pipeline, reversing opposition to new nuclear, streamlining permitting, and establishing a $500 million Empire AI Consortium to support power-hungry AI capacity in the state.

  • Main actions and timeline: Hochul approved the NESE natural gas pipeline (reported Nov 2025) and directed the New York Power Authority to pursue a new zero-emission advanced nuclear plant; her administration has streamlined permitting for electric power and transmission infrastructure and announced the Empire AI Consortium — a $500 million public-private partnership to advance AI/data-center capacity in New York. The NESE approval was explicitly framed by Hochul as a return to an “all-of-the-above” policy and is cited by supporters (Breakthrough Institute letter) as likely to lower regional costs and carbon by displacing heating oil.
  • Background and related developments: The House passed the SPEED Act (sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman) to limit NEPA reviews and expedite permitting; Diablo Canyon received a state permit to continue operating for another 20 years but still needs a final NRC license extension and state legislative approval to operate after 2030. Environmental groups (e.g., League of Conservation Voters, Food & Water Watch) criticized Hochul’s moves in reports and public statements (December 2025 LCV report; quotes from Bill McKibben and Alex Beauchamp).
• Dec 18, 2025 · Tech Xplore

  AI's 2025 carbon footprint may match New York City, report estimates

  Alex de Vries-Gao (VU Amsterdam) published estimates that AI’s 2025 carbon and water footprints could equal those of New York City by the end of 2025.

  • Main finding: de Vries-Gao estimates 32.6–79.7 million tons CO2 for AI systems in 2025 and a water footprint of 312.5–764.6 billion L, based on public corporate reports and IEA data; results published in Patterns (DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2025.101430).
  • Background and methodology: calculations combine sales records and power requirements of high-performance chips (e.g., NVIDIA Corporation) and estimates of data-center cooling and power-plant water use; the paper calls for further disclosures from data center operators to improve estimate accuracy.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Beyond Coal 2025: Fighting for an Affordable, Renewable, Zero-Emission Future

  The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign published a 2025 year-end summary of actions and wins while outlining ongoing legal and advocacy fights against federal rollbacks and fossil fuel bailouts.

  • Campaign summary & key metrics: Sierra Club highlights 60,000 premature deaths prevented, claims 100,00 heart attacks and one million asthma attacks avoided (June milestone); warns of projected 50 gigawatts of data center-driven electricity demand by 2030 (nearly a 10% U.S. grid increase over four years); reports active presence in 30+ states and support for nearly 9 GW of onshore wind, solar, and storage projects across 20 states in 2025 with a plan to double engagement in 2026.
  • Legal and policy actions / implementation details: The campaign is challenging EPA rollbacks and litigating coal bailouts; it filed at the D.C. Circuit Court to contest the J.H. Campbell extension and filed at DOE over the Eddystone extension; it joined amici in litigation against the Trump offshore wind moratorium, supported actions around the 800 MW Empire Wind (noting it would provide electricity to 500,000 homes) and cited a federal ruling vacating the wind permitting ban and resumed construction by Equinor; Merrimack coal station retired in September 2025 (final New England coal retirement).
• Dec 18, 2025

  AI Boom’s Environmental Cost Matches New York City Emissions, Study Finds

  The study by Alex de Vries-Gao (founder of Digiconomist) published in the journal Patterns estimates the environmental footprint of AI in 2025 at up to 80 million tonnes of CO2 and about 765 billion litres of water consumed.

  • Main findings: The research estimates up to 80 million tonnes of CO2 in 2025 (about 8% of global aviation emissions) and ~765 billion litres of water used by AI-related activity in 2025; the author says this is an attempt to isolate the environmental impact of AI itself rather than data centres generally.
  • Background and supporting detail: The study used public company reporting (noting disclosures remain insufficient); it cites IEA warnings that AI-focused data centres can draw as much electricity as aluminium smelters and that global data centre power demand could more than double by 2030; the article also notes Google’s reported 12% reduction in data centre energy emissions in 2024 and ongoing UK planning for 100–200 large-scale data centres.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Climate Change Solutions - December 16, 2025

  The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) issues a Climate Change Solutions newsletter summarizing recent climate, energy, and environmental policy developments, briefings, and media coverage in the United States.

  • Newsletter content highlights articles on FEMA reform (FEMA Act, H.R.4669), ghost fishing gear in Hawaiʻi, and global green building standards (LEED, BREEAM), plus an EESI briefing on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) changed 12 clean energy and efficiency tax incentives and how companies and consumers are adjusting.
  • Capitol Hill updates cover House passage or advancement of the Electric Supply Chain Act (H.R.3638), ePermit Act (H.R.4503), ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962 / S.2063), and multiple PFAS bills (H.R.6668 / S.3457, H.R.6626 / S.3460, H.R.6667, S.3445, S.3446), as well as links to EESI legislative trackers, grid and industrial decarbonization briefings, and external media citations of EESI work on data centers, water use, and EERE investments.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Milbank Strengthens Digital Infrastructure, Energy and Latin America Capabilities with Addition of Thomas Sines

  Milbank LLP has announced that Thomas Sines has joined its New York office as a partner in its Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.

  • Mr. Sines focuses on energy and infrastructure financings (project finance, debt capital markets, bank financings, corporate transactions) and has recently represented lenders in multi‑billion‑dollar data center financings across the United States, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as sponsors and creditors in large‑scale renewable and conventional power, transport, oil & gas and desalination projects.
  • His arrival follows the formal launch of Milbank’s Digital Infrastructure Practice Group; he previously was a partner at Paul Hastings’ Corporate Department, holds a J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Luther College, and will help expand Milbank’s Latin America, domestic energy and digital infrastructure practices from the New York office.
• Dec 17, 2025

  The Quantum Internet Is Coming Online

  New York State and Stony Brook University have announced a $300 million investment to convert Long Island’s existing telecom fiber into a quantum communication testbed centered on SBU’s planned Quantum Research and Innovation Hub.

  • The $300 million program will develop a 14,000 m² Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at Stony Brook, including the first data centre for managing entangled photons over converted Long Island telecom fiber, aiming to support ultra-secure communications networks.
  • SBU President Andrea Goldsmith highlighted that the team has already built the largest quantum network in the United States between Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), with ongoing research focused on maintaining photon entanglement over larger-scale networks to impact security, the economy and science.
• Dec 16, 2025

  MCIM Joins Salute’s Ecosystem of Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations Partners for AI/HPC Data Centers

  Salute and MCIM have announced a partnership to integrate MCIM’s operational intelligence platform with Salute’s Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations service for AI/HPC data centers.

  • Partnership scope: MCIM becomes part of Salute’s DTC Liquid Cooling Operations ecosystem, combining Salute’s on-the-ground operations, training, and specialized staffing with MCIM’s portfolio-level governance, telemetry-driven intelligence, and unified operational platform to support high-density, liquid-cooled AI/HPC facilities, including those of Applied Digital.
  • Operational model details: The integrated model targets AI/HPC data centers where densities are rising and cooling is transforming, providing clean data, consistent workflows, and real-time visibility across 6.5+ GW of IT capacity and 1M+ critical data center assets to accelerate deployment timelines, reduce risks in high-density rooms, and enable scalable AI infrastructure operations.