Data Centers

Onondaga County will continue its own data center study despite Gov. Kathy Hochul's new statewide one-year moratorium and state-level review.

A New York bill awaiting Gov. Hochul's signature would pause new data center builds for a year, raising questions about energy demands and economic growth.

Onondaga County will fund an objective $500,000 study on data centers, aiming to give local governments the data needed to manage bans and moratoriums.

Onondaga County is forming a $500,000 task force to help local governments evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of controversial AI data centers.