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The Data Center Divide

Town of Newfield

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Pro-Data Center Policies

Newfield enacted a townwide, one-year pause on data processing centers, delaying new development while rules are prepared. The full text is unavailable, so the effect on existing centers is unclear.

Rating from New York statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Town of Newfield.

current law · Town of Newfield
Would impose a temporary, town-wide, one-year moratorium on data processing centers to give the Town time to develop legislation addressing concerns about data centers.Town of Newfield Local Law Imposing a Temporary Town-Wide One-Year Moratorium on Data Processing Centers

What this means

The measure proposes a town-wide, one-year pause on data processing centers, creating a major delay for new development while the town prepares rules. The minutes describe it as a one-year moratorium, but the sources don’t provide the law’s full text or clarify its exact effect on existing centers.

Timing

Ends
one year after adoption

Local Law No. 2 of 2026 imposes a temporary, town-wide one-year moratorium on data processing centers. No extension condition is stated.

People behind it

  • Identified as having drafted the one-year moratorium on data processing centers and approved it as Local Law No. 2 of 2026.

  • Town Attorney identified as having helped draft the moratorium on data processing centers.

  • Moved approval of Local Law No. 2 of 2026, the one-year moratorium on data processing centers.

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  • Seconded the motion to approve Local Law No. 2 of 2026.

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  • Imposes a temporary, town-wide one-year moratorium on data processing centers.

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