The legislation, which is now headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for review, would impose a one-year moratorium on permits issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for AI data centers requiring 20 megawatts or more of electricity.
Mace is running for the Republican nomination for governor and faces a contentious primary against state Attorney General Alan Wilson, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell.
The Trump administration is placing a moratorium on new Medicare enrollments from home health care and hospice providers as part of efforts to combat alleged fraud in the system.
The Democrat-controlled legislature passed the measure on Tuesday, but Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running for Senate, has yet to say whether she will sign it.
It's the latest sign that increasingly stiff opposition at the local level is gaining a foothold higher up the political ladder.
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said on Wednesday at Axios' AI+DC Summit that placing a moratorium on the construction of AI data centers would be "idiocy," adding that it would grant China an edge in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. Why it matters: Warner's comments come the same day that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) unveiled legislation to pause all new data center construction nationwide until AI safeguards are in place. - "That would be idiocy," Warner said when asked about the idea of a moratorium to ease the transition to AI. - "A data center moratorium simply means China is going to move quicker," he added. Driving the news: Sanders and AOC are staking out one of the most…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said on Wednesday at Axios' AI+DC Summit that placing a moratorium on the construction of AI data centers would be "idiocy," adding that it would grant China an edge in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. Why it matters: Warner's comments come the same day that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) unveiled legislation to pause all new data center construction nationwide until AI safeguards are in place. - "That would be idiocy," Warner said when asked about the idea of a moratorium to ease the transition to AI. - "A data center moratorium simply means China is going to move quicker," he added. Driving the news: Sanders and AOC are staking out one of the most…Open