# New York — Data Center Policy Brief

_Generated 2026-08-21 from the Data Center Policy Tracker. Verify every item against its primary source._

## Snapshot
- 11 tracked items: 10 state bills and 1 federal items tied to the state delegation.

## Leading themes
- Energy: 11
- Ratepayer: 11
- Grid Reliability: 10
- Siting & Land Use: 7
- Carbon: 7
- Certification & Standards: 6
- Job Creation: 4
- Tax Incentives: 4
- Water: 1

## Policy mechanisms
- Moratorium: 9
- Siting & permitting: 4
- Disclosure & reporting: 2

## Tracked records
- **NY-S10642** — Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers. (SUBSTITUTED BY A11560) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S10642/2025
- **NY-A11560** — Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers. (RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A11560/2025
- **NY-A09086** — Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities. (print number 9086b) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A09086/2025
- **NY-S06394** — Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities. (PRINT NUMBER 6394B) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S06394/2025
- **NY-S10546** — Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures. (REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S10546/2025
- **NY-A09297** — Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures. (delivered to senate) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A09297/2025
- **NY-A10141** — Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new data centers; requires the public service commission to issue an order or orders to minimize the impact of new data centers on electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users; clarifies that certain provisions are applicable to the Long Island power authority. (print number 10141a) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A10141/2025
- **NY-S09144** — Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new data centers; requires the public service commission to issue an order or orders to minimize the impact of new data centers on electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users; clarifies that certain provisions are applicable to the Long Island power authority. (PRINT NUMBER 9144A) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S09144/2025
- **HR-9442** — Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act (Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.) — https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9442
- **NY-S09182** — Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory. (PRINT NUMBER 9182B) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S09182/2025
- **NY-A10852** — Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory. (print number 10852b) — https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A10852/2025

## Coverage note
State legislation is title-matched for precision, so this is a high-signal sample rather than a complete census. The tracker does not yet ingest local/county proceedings or all state PUC/PSC dockets.