Governor Hochul and Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Ryan Highlight New York’s Nation-Leading Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Center Construction | Governor Kathy Hochul | New York State
An article published on governor.ny.gov under the headline 'Governor Hochul and Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Ryan Highlight New York's Nation-Leading Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Center Construction' reports that Governor Kathy Hochul, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Ryan highlighted New York's moratorium on hyperscale data center construction, which the headline calls nation-leading. The article states that Hochul has signed and championed the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act. According to the article, starting in November the state will direct large frontier AI developers to register and prepare for compliance with transparency, safety and incident-reporting requirements. Those requirements include reporting critical safety incidents within 72 hours.
The article states that beginning in January 2027, AI companies must provide regular reporting to the state's new Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity and Trust (DIGIT) within the Department of Financial Services. The November registration requirement and the January 2027 reporting requirement are the two dates the article gives for the compliance regime. The article does not state how many companies are covered, how a developer qualifies as 'large' or 'frontier', or what penalties apply for non-compliance.
The article presents the moratorium on hyperscale data center construction as nation-leading, a description that appears in its headline, and presents the RAISE Act as legislation Hochul has signed and championed. It names DIGIT as the office that will receive the reporting and the Department of Financial Services as the department that houses it. The passage provided does not give an end date, a geographic scope, or a size threshold for the moratorium, or penalties for developers that fail to register or report. It states that the requirements begin in November and that regular reporting begins in January 2027.