# Trump Criticizes New York's Datacenter Moratorium
Former President Donald Trump has publicly criticized New York Governor Kathy Hochul's one-year moratorium on new large datacenter construction. Trump shared a post calling on Hochul to scrap the policy "IMMEDIATELY," characterizing himself as AI-friendly in his opposition to the restriction.
The moratorium targets large new datacenters, which are resource-intensive facilities that power artificial intelligence operations. New York implemented the policy as a statewide pause on such construction projects.
Trump's criticism reflects broader tensions over AI infrastructure development and energy consumption in the state. The former president's vocal opposition signals the political salience of datacenter policy, with stakeholders on different sides of the debate over the facilities' economic benefits versus their environmental and infrastructure impacts.
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