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Recent New York data center news

• May 14, 2026

  Policymakers Consider Temporary Pause on AI Data Center Construction: What Stakeholders Need to Know

  On March 25, 2026, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act.

  • Main announcement: The Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on March 25, 2026, would impose a nationwide halt on constructing or upgrading new or existing data centers with a power demand of 20 megawatts (MW) or more until “strong national safeguards” are in place; the Act also seeks to bar government subsidies, require union labor/prevailing wages, and give affected communities ability to approve or reject projects.
  • Background and related measures: Multiple state and local actions are cited including New York Senate Bill 9144 (prohibits permits for data centers capable of using 20 MW or more until new regulations), indefinite local moratoriums (e.g., Oldham County, KY), over 100 localities with moratoria, a reported $156 billion across 48 projects blocked or delayed in 2025, and the Port Washington, WI referendum requiring voter approval for tax-increment financing for projects with base value or project costs over $10 million; Virginia legislative action (Senate Bill 30) would end a sales/use tax exemption for certain data center equipment on January 1, 2027.
• May 14, 2026

  US annual electricity consumption to grow 55% by 2050: NEMA

  NEMA published an updated forecast announcing that U.S. net electricity consumption will grow from 3,936 TWh in 2024 to 6,130 TWh by 2050, with the steepest growth concentrated in the current decade.

  • Main announcement: NEMA’s update projects more than 55% electricity consumption growth by 2050, cites a 300% jump in data center energy consumption over the next 10 years, a 2,000% increase from the electric transportation sector through 2050, and states data centers may account for 38% of net consumption through 2037.
  • Background and details: The report updates an April 2025 study (previously forecasting 50% growth), provides regional projections (largest data center demand growth in mid-Atlantic and Texas through 2035; greatest EV growth in the Northeast and West through midcentury), and lists generation and storage capacity outlooks (e.g., 303 GW standalone battery storage, 568 GW solar, 408 GW wind by 2043).
• May 13, 2026

  AI Infrastructure’s Next Bottleneck May Be Public Acceptance

  Melissa Farney (Data Center Frontier) argues that AI data center expansion has become a first‑order political and permitting constraint, citing recent legislative and local actions including the “Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act” proposal and Maine’s LD 307 veto.

  • Main point: The article states that AI‑oriented data center growth is now a core political and permitting risk for operators, not just a siting or PR issue, citing industry forecasts such as JLL’s ~$710 billion North America capex projection to 2026 and project‑level impact estimates from Data Center Watch (approximately $18B blocked and $46B delayed, totalling $64B) and a New York Times compilation of $156B across 48 AI projects disrupted in 2025.
  • Key supporting facts & recent actions: Federal and state moves are already concrete: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez unveiled the “Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act”; Maine’s LD 307 (would have paused data centers >20 MW through Nov 1, 2027) was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills; local utilities like the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority (YCUA) imposed a 12‑month moratorium on new water/sewer hookups in April 2026. The article also highlights New Jersey bill S731/A796 (require 85% of requested service for 10 years for very large loads) as an example of state-level cost‑allocation tools.
• May 11, 2026

  INNIO Group Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering 

  INNIO Group has announced it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares.

  • Filing and listing: INNIO has filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. SEC for a proposed IPO and has applied to list its common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker “INIO”; timing, number of shares and price range have not been determined and the offering is subject to market and other conditions.
  • Underwriters, prospectus and offering details:Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are named as joint lead book-running managers; additional bookrunners and co-managers (BofA Securities, Barclays, Citigroup, Baird, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, UBS Investment Bank, Credit Agricole CIB, Erste Group, UniCredit, Academy Securities, Drexel Hamilton) are listed; preliminary prospectus copies will be available from the named banks and the offering will be made only by means of a prospectus.
• May 11, 2026

  NTIA to BEAD Winners: ‘Know Your Rights’

  The Commerce Department’s NTIA issued a memo instructing ISPs and state broadband offices not to alter required contract language for BEAD subgrants and telling subgrantees to notify their Federal Program Officer if required language is omitted or changed.

  • Main action: NTIA’s memo (posted by the Benton Institute) warns that altering or omitting required BEAD contract language will put the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) subgrant — and the state’s award — at risk; NTIA told ISPs to notify a Federal Program Officer if a proposed contract attempts to “alter a subgrantee’s rights or fails to include required language.” The agency publicly discussed the guidance at an April 27 NTCA event (Arielle Roth speaking).
  • Background and implementation details: The memo reiterates a June 2026 NTIA rule requiring states to agree not to enforce net neutrality or broadband rate laws on BEAD participants (applies statewide); it mandates states commit to a 90-day permitting approval/denial process including a single point of contact, streamlined permitting processes, tracking and publicly posting unresolved permitting disputes, and exploring use of non-deployment funding (guidance on that funding was due in March but is delayed). The memo followed a April 27 press release from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and references actions by ISPs such as SpaceX (which sought looser performance monitoring).
• May 8, 2026

  World Largest Private Equity Firm $1.3 Trillion Blackstone Data Centre REIT Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust NYSE IPO to Raise $1.75 Billion with Expected IPO Listing on 14th May 2026

  Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust has announced it filed for a NYSE IPO and is expected to raise $1.75 billion with an expected listing on 14th May 2026.

  • Announcement: Filed a Form S-11 with the SEC; expected IPO listing on 14th May 2026; target raise $1.75 billion (note: an April 2026 filing sought $2 billion); intends to list under the symbol “BXDC”; joint lead book-running managers include Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BofA Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities, with a broader syndicate including BNP PARIBAS, SMBC Nikko, Societe Generale, BBVA, Credit Agricole CIB, MUFG, Santander and TD Securities; Blackstone Capital Markets is co-manager.
  • Background & filing details: The trust is described as focused on acquiring and owning stabilized, newly-constructed data centers; asset value range in the filing is $250 million to $1.5 billion; target annual yield in the filing is 5.75% to 7%; parent Blackstone is cited with $1.3 trillion AUM.
• May 8, 2026

  Nano Nuclear Signs MoU On Nuclear For ‘Rapidly Expanding’ AI Economy

  Nano Nuclear Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Super Micro Computer Inc to explore deploying microreactors to provide dedicated, onsite power for data centres.

  • MoU to explore integration: Nano Nuclear and Super Micro will explore integration of Nano Nuclear’s Kronos MMR Energy System (a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor) with Super Micro’s AI server and data centre platforms to potentially deploy dedicated, onsite nuclear power for data centres serving the AI economy.
  • Background and recent actions: Nano Nuclear is developing the Kronos MMR Energy System and in January 2025 closed an $8m (€6.8m) deal to acquire major assets of bankrupt Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation; the company has also signed an agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to build the first research Kronos MMR on the university campus.
• May 8, 2026

  World-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to court

  UCAR (the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) has sued the US government and asked a court to freeze plans to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

  • Main action:UCAR (a coalition of around 130 universities) sued the government in March and on 3 April asked a US district court judge to freeze plans to transfer stewardship of NCAR’s supercomputing centre in Cheyenne, Wyoming; a court hearing took place on 7 May and Judge R. Brooke Jackson said he would issue a decision “as promptly as possible”.
  • Background and timeline: Documents show the White House budget office instructed the NSF in November to begin restructuring NCAR to align with Administration priorities; the NSF requested proposals and public comments (deadline 13 March) but told NCAR officials on 12 February that it had decided to transfer the supercomputing centre; UCAR argues the process is a “sham process” while the NSF says “a final decision has not been made to transfer stewardship.”
• May 6, 2026

  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, has posted the latest data center job listings on its jobs board.

  • Monthly job roundup: The post lists multiple open roles including Power Applications Engineer, Electrical Commissioning Engineer, Power Systems Sales Implementation Engineer, Architect Design Manager (CSA), Electrical Project Manager, Commissioning Project Manager, MEP Superintendent, Director of Data Center Facility Operations, Project Executive (Owner’s Rep), EHS Director, Mechanical Commissioning Lead, Mechanical Controls Engineer, Director of Project Deliverables, and Senior Electrical Engineer across numerous U.S. locations (examples: Pittsburgh, PA; New Albany, OH; Raleigh, NC; Dallas, TX; Charlotte, NC; Chesterton, IN; Denver, CO; New York, NY; Totowa, NJ), with many roles offering remote or multi-city travel options.
  • Client and role context: Positions are with mission-critical data center developers, engineering design and commissioning firms, electrical contracting firms, general contractors, and digital infrastructure firms; job descriptions emphasize reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design, and LEED expertise, and note career-growth opportunities, competitive salaries and benefits. Many listings reference travel requirements and alternative available locations for implementation timelines (immediate hiring/use by clients), but no specific salary or funding amounts are disclosed.
• May 5, 2026

  Thermal Energy Networks Turn Data Center Waste Heat into a Hot Commodity

  Author Aastha Singh presents an analysis promoting Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) to capture and reuse waste heat from data centers across U.S. communities.

  • Main proposal: The article urges adoption of Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) and district heating to capture waste heat from data center cooling and deliver it to nearby buildings; it cites concrete examples (Stockholm, Mäntsälä, Tallaght, Equinix PA10 in Paris) and quantifies benefits such as avoiding construction of 54 new power plants and $22.1 billion in building-cost savings.
  • Policy and implementation details: It documents current policy moves (Virginia HB323 as the first U.S. waste-heat reuse bill), federal legislative activity (S.4213 Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act introduced March 2026), and recommends actions including DOE pilot grants, expedited permitting, and energy/resource-intensity standards for data centers.