The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Town of Sennett
Pro-Data Center Policies
New York exempts qualifying data centers from sales taxes on certain equipment and services, subject to security and web-hosting conditions. An enacted order is also described as pausing some state environmental permits for new or expanded centers pending review, while excluding local permits and existing operations.
Rating and summary from New York statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Town of Sennett.
pending · Town of SennettWould establish a proposed moratorium on data-center and battery-storage development because the Town Board identified these uses as not currently regulated by Sennett’s zoning code, creating a risk of development without local review.Town of Sennett Proposed Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
If enacted as described, a moratorium on data center development would prevent or delay new projects and likely make expansion harder. The minutes give no duration or details, and do not say it would restrict existing data center operations.
People behind it
- Thomas Blair
Town Supervisor directed to draft the moratorium on battery storage and data center development for introduction in October.
- Sennett Town Board
Board that directed preparation of the proposed moratorium.
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