Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower)

New York state legislation

• LegislationS08546 - Grid modernization surcharge on data centersdatacenterbans.comDownloadImposes a grid modernization surcharge on data centers meeting a specified electricity threshold and establishes a grid modernization fund.
• LegislationAB1036 - Prohibits data center NDAs concealing information from publicdatacenterbans.comDownloadProhibits nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal data center information from the public.
• LegislationA11560 - Responsible Data Center Development Actdatacenterbans.comDownloadSets standards for responsible data center development.
• LegislationSF4816 - Environmental impact statement requirement for data centersdatacenterbans.comDownloadRequires an environmental impact statement for data centers.
• LegislationS06394 - New York State Sustainable Data Centers Actdatacenterbans.comDownloadRegulates data center energy consumption, requires disclosure, and establishes a surcharge.
• LegislationHB2239 - Artificial Intelligence Data Center Environmental Accountability Actdatacenterbans.comDownloadEstablishes environmental accountability requirements for AI data centers.
• LegislationSB01292 - Study on AI data center energy efficiency requirementsdatacenterbans.comDownloadRequires a study concerning energy efficiency requirements for AI data centers.
• LegislationS0902 - Data Center Siting Actdatacenterbans.comDownloadEstablishes siting requirements for data centers.
• LegislationSB410 - Repeals data center equipment tax exemptiondatacenterbans.comDownloadRepeals the data center equipment sales and use tax exemption.
• MoratoriumExecutive Order No. 62 — Establishing Temporary Moratorium on Data Centersgovernor.ny.govDownloadFirst statewide data center permitting moratorium in the US, for facilities 50+ MW, while New York develops permanent policy.
• MoratoriumS09144 - Statewide moratorium on data center permits (Senate)datacenterbans.comDownloadImposes a statewide moratorium on permits for new data centers and directs the PSC to minimize electricity/gas rate impacts.
• MoratoriumA10141 - Moratorium on new data center permits (Assembly)datacenterbans.comDownloadImposes a moratorium on issuance of permits for new data centers and requires the PSC to minimize impact on electricity/gas rates.
• DocumentNY PSC Case 26-E-0045 - Large Load Interconnection Reform ("Energize NY Development")documents.dps.ny.govDownloadStatewide proceeding opened Feb 2026 addressing New York's 11.9GW NYISO large-load interconnection queue (data centers among the largest drivers), with filings from National Grid Ventures, NY Renews Coalition, NRDC/Sierra Club, EDF, and the Environmental Justice Stakeholder Committee.
• LegislationA09039 - Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"; requires each electric corporation, gas corporation and municipality to establish an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities that is separate and distinct from other classifications of service; authorizes the department of public service to develop financial surety requirements.legiscan.comAmended on third reading 9039b Jun 1, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationS09182 - Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.legiscan.comPrint number 9182B May 22, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationA10852 - Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.legiscan.comPrint number 10852b May 21, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationA09086 - Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.legiscan.comPrint number 9086b Jun 1, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationS10487 - Enacts the "data center water stewardship and reuse act" to reduce reliance on potable public water supply systems and increase use of recycled or reclaimed water; provides for data center water use management into the state's environmental conservation framework, ensuring sustainability, watershed protection, and technological innovation; establishes the data center water stewardship fund.legiscan.comIn committee May 15, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationA10049 - Requires the public service commission establish a grid modernization surcharge imposed on utilities for the energy use of data centers and high-intensity data centers which meet a specified threshold of electricity or information-technology load; establishes the grid modernization fund to finance investments in system reliability, capacity expansion, and integration of clean energy resources.legiscan.comIn committee Jan 30, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationS10546 - Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.legiscan.comIn committee May 20, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationA09297 - Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.legiscan.comDelivered to senate May 18, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• MoratoriumS10642 - Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers.legiscan.comSubstituted by A11560 Jun 4, 2026DownloadDescription coming