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Recent New York data center news

• Dec 3, 2025

  New York Governor Signs Tax Rules for Solar and Wind Projects Into Law

  Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S.8012 / A.8332 into law, restoring clear and consistent tax rules for large solar and wind projects greater than 1MW in New York.

  • Main action: Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S.8012 / A.8332 into law to restore predictable property tax assessment rules for utility-scale renewable projects greater than 1MW, aiming to reduce uncertainty in the current NYSERDA large-scale renewables solicitation and help keep project costs down.
  • Background and details: The law responds to recent litigation over property tax assessments that threatened to increase prices; the article (posted Dec 3, 2025) quotes Kristina Persaud, New York Policy Lead at Advanced Energy United, emphasizing predictability, competitive bids, and support for local tax revenues; no specific implementation timeline or monetary values are provided in the text.
• Dec 2, 2025

  Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots

  Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posted a monthly roundup of active data center job openings on the Pkaza jobs board.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier and Pkaza published a list of open roles (examples: Data Center Facility Technician, Electrical Commissioning Engineer, Construction Project Manager, Electrical Engineer, Critical Power Sales Associate, Sr Mechanical Engineer, Site Selection Manager/Director/VP, Electrical Project Manager, MEP Superintendent, Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Engineering Design Director, Navy Nuke Facility Technician) posted on Pkaza’s jobs board; positions are available across many US cities including Ashburn, VA; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Montvale, NJ; Austin, TX; Charlotte, NC; New Albany, OH; Phoenix, AZ.
  • Background and details: Roles are for mission-critical data center employers (developers, colo providers, contractors, commissioning firms) and frequently emphasize reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design / LEED expertise and commissioning; some listings explicitly accept Navy Nuke / military veterans and many positions list multiple alternative locations or hybrid/remote options. Author: Kathy Hitchens (Data Center Frontier).
• Dec 2, 2025 · SolarBank Corporation

  PowerBank Announces Safe Harbor of 15 Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Projects in New York State 

  PowerBank Corporation has executed equipment procurement agreements to safe-harbor 15 distributed solar and energy storage projects in New York State.

  • Main action: PowerBank executed equipment procurement for 15 late-stage distributed solar and energy storage projects across New York State, expected to deliver ~67 MW DC of solar and 11 MWh of storage, with physical work expected to safe-harbor the Projects by December 31, 2025 and satisfy the IRS Physical Work Test before July 4, 2026; the Company may retain ownership of some or all Projects and intends to deliver the full EPC scope whether it retains ownership or not.
  • Background & details: The procurement is estimated to preserve US$65 million of Investment Tax Credits (ITC) and the portfolio has an estimated total construction value of US$168 million; PowerBank secured major transformers from Tier 1 suppliers, commercial operations are expected over the next several years subject to permits and financing, and the Company reports a development pipeline >1 GW and >100 MW completed to date.
• Dec 2, 2025 · RMI

  The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States

  Rocky Mountain Institute presents a typology classifying US states into five electro-industrial archetypes.

  • Main announcement/action: RMI authors classify states into five archetypes — Momentum Hubs (Arizona, California), Fast‑Track Builders (Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, Idaho), Policy Champions (New York, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania), Open‑Door Starters (Vermont, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi, Iowa), and Early‑Stage Starters (Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas). The typology is based on policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity, physical infrastructure (power and interconnection), and market momentum.
  • Background and details: The analysis highlights that market momentum and policy reliability should operate in tandem; low regulatory burdens accelerate short-term investment but may strain local housing and infrastructure without accompanying policy ambition. The authors reference the report GREASE Lightning as a policy playbook for designing investment-led, state-driven electro-industrial strategies.
• Nov 12, 2025

  The outlook for real estate and infrastructure in a changing world

  McKinsey Associate Partner Adrian Kwok explains how real estate and infrastructure are increasingly overlapping and how AI can accelerate planning, operations, and lifecycle management for both sectors.

  • Main announcement/action: Adrian Kwok (McKinsey) outlines that real estate asset classes such as warehousing, data centers, hospitals, and affordable housing are now seen as infrastructure equivalents; McKinsey projects $106 trillion in infrastructure investment through 2040 and $16 trillion specifically for social infrastructure (hospitals, affordable housing, educational facilities, civic buildings). He highlights the accelerating role of AI across asset lifecycles and the need for private–public partnerships and creative funding sources to unlock investment.
  • Background and details: The conversation notes demand drivers like global population growth, rapid urbanization, and aging populations (U.S. and Europe); examples include converting underutilized office space to residential, repurposing federal sites into data centers, and private-capital involvement (the value of dedicated infrastructure assets held by private-capital firms has tripled since 2016). The piece is an edited interview between Eric Quiñones and Adrian Kwok and focuses on concrete trends, funding options, and AI applications rather than forecasting speculative outcomes.
• Nov 10, 2025

  Building the Future: Inside DataBank’s Red Oak Campus Construction

  DataBank has announced construction of its 292-acre Red Oak campus 21 miles south of downtown Dallas, delivering eight data centers and 3.4 million gross square feet of AI-ready capacity.

  • Main details: The campus will deliver eight data centers (each two-story building: 425,000 gross sq ft, including 200,000 sq ft of data center space). Phase 1 expands DataBank’s Dallas presence to 12 data centers; construction is underway and is powered by a 400MW Oncor substation delivering up to 240MW of critical IT power in Phase 1 and scaling to 480MW at full buildout. Initial Ready for Service is targeted for Q2 2026.
  • Background and additional details: This is DataBank’s third major campus announcement in the past year (following acquisitions in Atlanta and Northern Virginia); when all three sites are fully developed they will add >450 acres, 5.8 million sq ft of data center space, and 792MW of power to DataBank’s portfolio. Construction metrics provided include 19,008 power whips, >1,000,000 feet of Sealtite conduit (198 miles), 990 miles of copper wire, 1,760,000 feet of 864-count fiber (333 miles), and individual fiber strands that would wrap the Earth 11.5 times.
• Nov 10, 2025

  Salute Military Story: Frederick “Fritz” Little

  Fritz Little, retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel and Director of Program Delivery at Salute, describes his transition from military service and USAID into a leadership role at a large data center campus in Northern Virginia.

  • Main announcement: Fritz Little joined as Director of Program Delivery at a large data center campus in Northern Virginia after taking early retirement from USAID earlier this year following budget cuts; his transition was initiated after attending a veteran-focused job fair run by iMasons Armed Forces Groups and through rapid outreach and mentorship from Lee Kirby. He reports joining the data center community as of July.
  • Background and details: Little enlisted at 17 and served 35 years in the Army (Military Police, Special Operations Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations), deployed to Tajikistan (Dushanbe, 2001), Afghanistan, and Iraq, and finished as Civil Affairs Branch Chief at US Special Operations Command; he later worked at USAID in humanitarian assistance and disaster response prior to early retirement.
• Nov 7, 2025

  Greenidge, New York State Agree on Historic New Air Permit That Will Support Local Power Grid; Includes Required Emissions Reductions That Exceed State’s Climate Act Goals

  Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) agreed to a five-year renewal of Greenidge’s Title V Air Permit for the Dresden, NY facility, including new, binding emissions limits and an end to related litigation.

  • Permit terms and timeline: The agreement requires a 44% reduction in permitted emissions by 2030 and a 25% reduction in the facility’s actual emissions by 2030, states NYSDEC shall issue a Final Title V permit modification and renewal after public comment, and the parties will request discontinuance of the administrative hearing and seek dismissal of pending appeals; the agreement also affirms continued operation supplying electricity to the local grid and the ability to curtail cryptocurrency mining operations in minutes.
  • Background and concrete details: Greenidge purchased the Dresden plant in 2016, converted it from coal to natural gas and began electricity production in 2017, started a cryptocurrency datacenter in 2020, has invested more than $100 million to modernize the facility, and the facility accounts for nearly ten percent of all local tax revenues in Yates County; a November 2024 New York Supreme Court ruling invalidated NYSDEC’s prior permit denial and preceded these negotiated terms.
• Nov 6, 2025

  CCS and AI: A New Escape Hatch and Vehicle for Misinformation

  CIEL warns that the fossil fuel industry is exploiting AI’s rising electricity demand to push new fossil gas and coal power plants wrapped in carbon capture and storage (CCS) as “reliable” power for data centers.

  • Main announcement/action: CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law) argues that fossil companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Eni are actively pitching gas and coal power plants with CCS to data center operators and Big Tech; CIEL documents lobbying presence (at least 480 CCS lobbyists at COP29) and cites specific company claims (ExxonMobil’s statement that it is “uniquely positioned” to meet AI power needs) and events (Global CCS Institute promotion at 2025 New York Climate Week).
  • Background and concrete details: The piece lists concrete figures and policy incentives: $954 million spent lobbying by the fossil industry since 2005, $684 million in US public funding for eight coal CCS projects (only Petra Nova came online), an official estimate of over $30 billion in US CCS subsidies through 2032, the US 45Q credit offering up to $85 per ton of captured CO2, and data-center emissions estimated at 212 million tCO2e (2023) rising to 355 million tCO2e (2030). The article also notes an April 2025 US executive order pushing coal as a power source for data centers and cites studies showing a high CCS failure rate (about 88% of projects failed).
• Nov 6, 2025

  Soluna Announces Monthly Business Update

  Soluna Holdings announced October 2025 corporate and site-level updates, including a 3.3 MW hosting partnership with KULR at Project Sophie and operational progress on multiple Texas renewable-powered data center projects.

  • Main announcement & actions:3.3 MW hosting partnership with KULR Technology Group at Project Sophie; highlighted a $100M credit facility with Generate Capital; Project Dorothy 2 construction expected substantially complete with final construction on track for mid-November; 20 MW Canaan miner deployment expected in January; ~900 S19 XP miners expected deployed start of November; Project Kati 1 full 83 MW substation upgrade completed and Phase K1A 48 MW Galaxy containers/transformers/switchgear being received; Project Kati 2 executed an MOU with an HPC-experienced development partner, design/engineering expected to begin in Q4, and 50 acres land acquisition completed adjacent to Kati 1.
  • Background & additional details: Soluna published operating metrics (link provided), was featured in media (The Texas Tribune, Rio Grande Business Journal, Data Center Dynamics), CTO Dip Patel spoke at Harvard Business School Climate Symposium and other events, Project Grace completed concept microgrid design and signed an MOU to address power demand fluctuations that cause grid instability, Soluna is finalizing PPA/REP agreements for Ellen and Hedy and working on PPAs for Annie, Gladys, Rosa, and Fei; customer deployments include 48 MW across three partnerships at Dorothy 2 and 7 MW at Sophie; Kati 35 MW Hosting RFP process kicked off.