霍楚尔预告数据中心强监管：开发商须向社区付费，不得要税收减免
据WAMC报道，纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）10月7日与联邦众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科特兹（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）、帕特·瑞安（Pat Ryan）一同在达奇斯县造势，呼吁对数据中心实施严格监管。
据报道，霍楚尔在约三个月前签署行政令，在全州暂停超大规模数据中心开发一年。她10月7日表示，正在制定一套强有力的监管框架，待一年期暂停令到期后实施。她提议，数据中心公司应向其计划建设的社区按每兆瓦100万美元的标准付费；数据中心只能建在愿意接纳的社区；开发商不应再像过去那样索要任何税收减免或房产税优惠。
“当这些庞大、高利润的巨型企业来到纽约这样的地区，它们连一分钱的税收减免都不该要，”霍楚尔说。
奥卡西奥-科特兹表示，菲什基尔（Fishkill）等社区带头挑战数据中心项目令人振奋：当地居民得知一个耗电达1吉瓦、相当于近百万户家庭用电量的超大规模数据中心计划在社区落地后，自下而上组织起来反对。选区覆盖哈德逊谷部分地区的瑞安表示，选址决策必须由地方声音主导。
数据中心争议已席卷纽约州各地：开发商为服务AI需求拟建巨型设施，引发对电价、水资源与噪音的担忧。霍楚尔的暂停令受到社区团体欢迎，但被业界批评为投资刹车。
霍楚尔近期还与纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）合作，推动对价值超500万美元且业主不住在纽约市的住宅开征新税，该法律目前正面临州法院的挑战。随着州长选战进行，她在达奇斯县的亮相也是一场关键摇摆地区的竞选集会。
Hochul Previews Tough Data Center Rules as Moratorium Clock Ticks
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul hit the campaign trail in Dutchess County on Wednesday with U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pat Ryan to call for tough regulations on data centers, WAMC reported.
Nearly three months after she signed an executive order pausing hyperscale data center development statewide, Hochul said she is working on a strong regulatory framework to take effect when the one-year moratorium ends. She suggested data center companies should pay $1 million per megawatt to the communities where they plan to build, that data centers should only be built in communities that want them, and that developers should not seek tax breaks.
"When these enormous, highly profitable mega corporations come to an area like New York, they should not be even asking for a single tax break or a property tax abatement as has happened in the past," Hochul said.
Ocasio-Cortez said communities like East Fishkill are leading the way in challenging data centers from the bottom up, after residents learned a massive hyperscale facility set to consume one gigawatt — nearly a million homes' worth of power — was planned for their community. Ryan, whose district includes parts of the Hudson Valley, said local voices must drive siting decisions.
The data center debate has roiled communities across New York, where developers have proposed massive facilities to serve AI demand, raising concerns about electricity rates, water use and noise. Hochul's moratorium was welcomed by community groups but criticized by industry as a brake on investment.
Hochul recently worked with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to pass a new tax on homes worth over $5 million whose owners don't live in New York City, a law now being challenged in state court. With the governor's race underway, her Dutchess County appearance doubled as a campaign rally in a key swing region.
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