WBAI-FM Upcoming Program
The Indypendent News Hour

Tue, Jul 21, 2026 5:00 PM

NEW YORK'S NEW DATA CENTER MORATORIUM

We'll speak with State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, a democratic socialist who has taken a leading role in Albany as an advocate for a statewide data center moratorium and other measures to rein in Big Tech. Gonzalez was standing behind Kathy Hochul last week when she signed an executive order imposing a moratorium of up to one year on building new large-scale AI data centers in New York State. Hochul's order comes at a time when opposition to the energy hogging data centers is drawing broad public support especially in rural communities that experience the data centers directly. Gonzalez, the youngest member of the State Senate, comes out of a tech background. We'll also talk about the broader issues of how AI will impact society, for better or worse, and what can be done to ensure its rollout benefits the many, not just the few.

 

 


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