‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

East Fishkill passed a three-year moratorium on datacenters over 20 megawatts after a developer sought grid connection for a 1-gigawatt facility. Planners and environmental engineers must now address utility limits and water concerns before projects reach formal municipal permitting. The decision highlights how local governments use zoning pauses to control regional infrastructure strain.

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