Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year halt on data center construction in her state, a moratorium The Washington Post called “a striking setback for artificial intelligence companies that politicians once courted for investment but have now triggered public fears about energy prices and water use.”
Piling on, The New York Times reported that electrical grid operator PJM — which serves much of the eastern United States, from North Carolina to Illinois and including the Washington, DC, metro where scores of data centers are already in place — announced the results of a recent auction that would “add $6.3 billion in costs” for beleaguered ratepayers in their region.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/129251-the-misplaced-hype-over-data-centers-2026-07-21
