Is the Data Center Backlash Real?
Politics,Data Centers,New York,Kathy Hochul,Activism,Energy,Technology,AI
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'No one can accuse New York of fearing innovation," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at the ceremony in which she signed the nation's first-ever statewide moratorium on data center construction. "But that said . . . for a lot of [Americans], the specter of unchecked AI brings up fear, anxiety, a lot of worry."
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