GoKawiilPresident Donald Trump slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's new data center moratorium on Wednesday, saying in a Truth Social post that the state should change its policy "IMMEDIATELY" after it became the first in the U.S. to impose a ban of its kind.
"One of the biggest Driving Forces in the Future for Jobs, are Data Centers," he wrote. "They are big, strong, bold, and Money Machines for the State in which they are built. Governor Kathy Hochul, for political reasons, has terminated all Data Centers being built, or to be built, in New York State."
The new state executive order, signed by the governor Tuesday, bars for up to a year the construction of large-scale data centers that use 50 or more megawatts of power.
"New York State has made a terrible decision," Trump wrote Wednesday.