Until DPS submits its final Generic Environmental Impact Statement and findings statement, DEC must hold in abeyance applications for discretionary DEC permissions to construct or expand covered data centers if the applications were pending or later submitted and had not been determined complete before the order. The moratorium may last up to one year; it does not cover local-government permissions or applications already deemed complete. Covered facilities generally consume or can consume at least 50 MW, with exceptions for facilities primarily used for manufacturing, research, education, or medical care.

DEC’s temporary hold does not cover applications it determined complete before the order’s date, so those applications may continue through the process. determined to be complete

The moratorium provision does not apply to local-government permits or approvals, so those remain outside that hold. does not apply to permits

Facilities primarily used for manufacturing, research, education, or medical care are excluded from the order’s definition of a data center and are not subject to it. Some educational facilities must meet specified conditions, including academic research at eligible New York colleges and universities. is not covered by this definition

DPS must form a working group to address interconnection issues and support efficient interconnection for large new customers, including data centers. It must also consider “beneficiary pays” principles for network-upgrade and resource-adequacy costs. support efficient interconnection

DPS is directed to consider a Grid Acceleration Fund to finance grid improvements and clean-energy supply, potentially including generation or battery storage dedicated to data-center operations. This is a possibility for DPS to assess, not a guaranteed benefit, and data centers may be required to contribute. dedicated to their operations

The moratorium ends once the state finalizes its new standards; projects may then proceed if they meet those standards and applicable zoning and other local approval requirements. The moratorium will be lifted

For one year after the section takes effect, the Department of Environmental Conservation may not issue a permit or other approval to a large data center, defined as one with peak demand of at least 20 MW. Exceptions cover modifications, renewals, reissuances, or recertifications of existing approvals and centers that began construction by the effective date. A press summary describes a three-year moratorium, but the detailed bill text specifies one year.

Before receiving Department of Environmental Conservation approval, a large data center must hold an in-person hearing in at least one host community at least three months beforehand, give residents at least 30 days’ notice with specified project information, and pay hearing expenses, including agency costs.

Large data centers must be placed in separate electric, gas, and water service classifications. These classifications assign the facilities specified service, infrastructure, administrative, operating, and related costs, including attributable commodity-price increases, to the data centers rather than other customers. The Public Service Commission generally may not approve rate or tariff changes without the required classifications and cost-adjustment mechanism; implementation is due by June 1, 2030.

Regulations may require financial surety for utility or water service to large data centers, such as insurance, a guarantee, a surety bond, a letter of credit, or qualification as a self-insurer.

Operators must meet energy-consumption efficiency goals, which may include waste-heat recycling goals and are reviewed annually. Operators already operating when the provision takes effect have two years to comply; those starting within the following year have one year to comply.

Data centers with peak loads of at least 5 MW must annually obtain independent verification of renewable-energy procurement: at least one-third of electricity use in 2030–2034, two-thirds in 2035–2039, and 90% from 2040 onward. They must also annually demonstrate that they obtain as much of their energy needs as is technologically, environmentally, and practically feasible from on-site renewable generation.

Each new large data center, and an existing large data center expansion adding at least 20 MW of load, must fund a host-community program for eligible residential technologies, community infrastructure, and measures to prevent specified water and wastewater harms. The program includes community engagement and independently audited annual financial reports.

As part of the host-community benefits process, a data center must hold at least one hearing in a host community, provide an opportunity for public comment, and pay the hearing expenses, including agency costs.

Construction of a data center with peak demand of at least 5 MW, including an expansion that brings it to that threshold, is subject to prevailing-wage requirements, except for qualifying projects under pre-hire collective-bargaining agreements. Owners or developers must also require apprenticeship agreements or workforce training where no apprenticeship program exists, and covered iron and steel must meet specified U.S.-production requirements.

Community-infrastructure projects funded under the host-community benefits provision with construction costs of at least $1 million are subject to prevailing-wage requirements, subject to listed exceptions including qualifying collective-bargaining agreements and specified residential projects.

Data centers with peak demand below 20 megawatts are not classified as large data centers and are outside the one-year permit moratorium, which applies to large data centers.

Facilities majority-owned, operated, or controlled by a public research institution and used for research are excluded from the bill’s definition of a data center, so the data-center provisions do not apply to them.

The one-year moratorium does not bar modifications, renewals, reissuances, or recertifications of previously issued approvals, or large data centers that began construction by the section’s effective date.

For construction of a data center with peak demand of at least 5 megawatts, prevailing-wage requirements do not apply when the work is performed under a qualifying pre-hire collective bargaining agreement.

In industries without apprenticeship programs, an owner or developer may require workforce training instead of apprenticeship agreements; training is preferably done with a bona fide labor organization.

Operators have two years to meet energy-efficiency goals if their centers are already operating when the provision takes effect, and one year if their centers begin operating within the following year.

For data centers with peak loads of at least 5 megawatts, renewable-energy procurement requirements phase in: at least one-third of electricity for 2030–2034, two-thirds for 2035–2039, and 90% from 2040 onward.

A moratorium bars state and local agencies and public benefit corporations from issuing permits or other approvals for siting, construction, or starting operation of a data center capable of using at least 20 megawatts. It remains in effect until 90 days after the Department of Environmental Conservation issues regulations and the Public Service Commission completes its required actions. It does not apply to modification, renewal, reissuance, or recertification of an already-issued approval. The permit moratorium and exception

The Department must complete an environmental impact report before issuing new or updated data-center regulations, and cannot issue those regulations sooner than three years after the section takes effect. The regulations must be additional to existing requirements and are to address energy use, pollution, noise, water use, burdens on disadvantaged communities, and minimum use of renewable electricity and energy storage. The timing and required scope of the regulations

No sooner than three years after enactment, the Public Service Commission must issue any additional orders needed to minimize data centers’ impacts on electricity and gas rates and require data centers to bear all costs of providing and maintaining their electric and gas service, including associated infrastructure and market costs. Costs shall be borne by the data center

Previously issued permits may be modified, renewed, reissued, or recertified during the moratorium. The moratorium does not apply to previously issued approvals.

Facilities below the 20-megawatt threshold are outside the bill’s definition of a data center, unless they are part of a qualifying aggregated site. The definition sets a 20-megawatt threshold.

For large data centers with peak demand of at least 20 MW, the Department of Environmental Conservation may not issue a permit, certificate, license, or other approval for one year after the provision takes effect. Exceptions cover renewals or modifications of existing approvals and centers that began construction by the effective date. No permit, certificate, registration, license, or other form of approval

Before receiving a permit or other approval, a large data center must hold at least one in-person public hearing in a host community at least three months before approval. Residents must receive at least 30 days’ advance notice, and the operator must pay the hearing expenses. not less than three months before the issuance

Large data centers—those with peak demand of at least 20 MW—must be placed in separate electric, gas, and water service classifications. These rates and terms must allocate the facilities’ attributable infrastructure, administrative, operational, and other specified costs to them, and adjustment mechanisms must pass through attributable commodity-cost increases. The classifications and mechanisms must be implemented by June 1, 2030. assign the costs incurred

Data centers with peak loads of at least 5 MW must meet renewable-energy procurement targets, verified annually by an independent third party: at least one-third for 2030–2034, two-thirds for 2035–2039, and 90% from 2040 onward. They must also obtain as much energy as technologically, environmentally, and practically feasible from on-site renewables. at least ninety percent

Data-center operators must comply with energy-efficiency goals, including goals for recycling waste heat, developed by the authority and reviewed annually. Operators already operating when the provision takes effect have two years to comply; operators beginning operation within the following year have one year. shall determine reasonable energy consumption efficiency goals

A new large data center, or an existing large data center undergoing a major expansion adding at least 20 MW of load, must fund a host-community program for residential technologies, community infrastructure, and measures to prevent specified water and wastewater impacts. The Public Service Commission must establish the program, with community input; the operator must submit independently audited financial reports annually. shall fund a program

Construction or expansion of a data center with peak demand capacity of at least 5 MW is subject to prevailing-wage requirements, apprenticeship or workforce-training requirements, and a requirement that iron and steel used in construction be produced or made wholly or substantially in the United States. The prevailing-wage exception applies to projects under qualifying pre-hire collective bargaining agreements. peak demand capacity of five megawatts or more

Community-infrastructure projects funded under the host-community program with construction costs of at least $1 million are subject to prevailing-wage requirements, subject to specified exceptions, including qualifying pre-hire collective bargaining agreements and certain residential projects. total construction cost of not less than 1 million dollars

The one-year permit moratorium does not apply to large data centers already under construction on or before its effective date. The exception for centers commencing construction preserves their ability to proceed.

The moratorium also does not bar modification, renewal, reissuance, or recertification of a previously issued permit, allowing covered facilities to pursue those permit actions during the moratorium. The exception for previously issued permits

Covered data centers—those with peak demand of at least 5 megawatts—are generally subject to prevailing-wage rules for construction, but that requirement does not apply when construction or expansion is performed under a qualifying pre-hire collective bargaining agreement. The collective-bargaining exception can reduce that labor-cost obligation.

Data center operators receive time to meet energy-efficiency goals once those goals are set: operators already operating have two years to comply, while operators that begin operating within one year after the relevant effective date have one year. The compliance periods

For data centers with peak loads of at least 5 megawatts, renewable-electricity procurement thresholds are phased in rather than required immediately: one-third for 2030–2034, two-thirds for 2035–2039, and 90% beginning in 2040. The staged renewable-energy targets

Facilities with a peak demand of 20 megawatts or more used for computing infrastructure, data processing, web hosting, streaming support, or related functions must be placed in a separate service classification from other utility customers. The commission shall require ... an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities

The separate classification must assign entirely to covered large energy use facilities the costs of infrastructure upgrades, improvements, additions, and operating expenses needed to provide and maintain their service, while also assigning attributable rate-of-return costs to them and protecting other customer classes from related fixed-charge or surcharge increases. assign the costs incurred ... to serve large energy use facilities

The Public Service Commission, coordinating with the federally designated bulk system operator, must establish and annually update an adjustment mechanism requiring covered facilities to bear costs attributable to increases in commodity prices, including transmission service fees. shall establish, implement, and annually update an adjustment mechanism

The Department may adopt financial-surety requirements as a condition of providing service to large energy use facilities, including insurance, guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit, or qualification as a self-insurer. may promulgate regulations regarding financial surety requirements

After the act takes effect, the Public Service Commission may not approve a utility or municipal request to change rates or update a tariff unless the proposal includes the required large-energy-use-facility classification and compliant adjustment mechanism. not approve any change of rates or related updates to a tariff

Regulated data centers—those projected to have an energy-use capacity of at least five megawatts—must submit a disclosure report to the Department and Public Service Commission at least 180 days before beginning construction.

The preconstruction disclosure report must include the proposed facility’s location and type, employment and workforce information, projected energy use and sources, off-site carbon-dioxide-equivalent emissions, waste heat, and applicable water use and discharges.

The Public Service Commission must publish the disclosure report within 10 days, and the operator must hold at least two public hearings within 60 days after submitting it, including at least one hearing in the host community.

Operators must provide host-community residents at least 30 days’ advance notice of the hearings, and a draft disclosure report must be publicly available at least 30 days before the first hearing.

Regulated data center operators must submit annual disclosure updates covering changes in operations, energy and water use, fossil-fuel and renewable-energy efforts, pollution, waste heat, and host-community employment; the Commission must post each report within 15 days.

Operators that fail to comply with the disclosure requirements receive 60 days to cure the violation; afterward, they may face fines of up to $10,000 and an additional $10,000 for each day of continued noncompliance.

Energy-consumption efficiency goals for data center design and operation must be established within one year, including possible waste-heat recycling requirements. Existing operators have two years to comply, while operators that began operating within one year after the act’s effective date have one year.

Power-purchase agreements for fossil-fuel-generated energy may not provide regulated data centers with economic incentives or discounts.

Regulated data centers must obtain increasing amounts of energy through power-purchase agreements exclusively for renewable energy: at least one-third by 2030, at least two-thirds by 2035, and all energy by 2040.

The Public Service Commission must establish a surcharge on all regulated data centers sufficient to cover transmission and distribution upgrades needed for their grid interconnection and operation, as well as directly resulting increases in energy-supply costs.

Electric utilities must implement the regulated-data-center surcharge within one year after the act’s effective date, and the Commission must review and update it every three years.

Data centers projected to use less than five megawatts are excluded from the definition of a “regulated data center.” As a result, they are not subject to the measure’s regulated-data-center disclosure, public-hearing, annual-reporting, surcharge, or renewable power-purchase requirements, although other requirements may still apply.

Existing data center operators receive up to two years to comply with newly developed energy-consumption efficiency goals. Operators that began operating within one year before the measure’s effective date receive one year to comply, delaying the operational burden of those goals.