News Summary

• Data center construction has faced major pushback across the US.
• New York has placed a one-year, statewide moratorium on data center construction.
• Texas, meanwhile, has put connecting new data centers to its grid on hold as it works to determine their potential impact.
• Some companies, including Microsoft and Amazon, have taken steps to win over municipalities by dropping controversial nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) "I think those are all good ideas, and each one of them ought to be … tailored for the needs of the community," says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.