SOUTH BRISTOL, N.Y. — South Bristol is the latest town to consider restrictions on large data centers. The town board will hold a public hearing on Monday, Oct. 12, over a proposed ban on constructing data centers or artificial intelligence computing facilities.
The proposal comes amid the state’s year-long pause on the construction of large data centers. As News10NBC has covered, data centers often require massive amounts of energy to power computer servers and water to cool the computers, raising concerns over environmental harm. However, proponents say they can provide tax benefits to towns.
State leaders say the moratorium aims to give local governments time to consider how they want to respond to data centers. For example, the Henrietta town supervisor wants any potential data center plans to fall under incentive zoning, rather than a special use permit, to give the town more of a say.
Tuesday’s hearing is set to start at 6 p.m. at the South Bristol Town Hall on 6500 West Gannett Hill Rd. The town says questions and comments from the public are welcome.
How does the legislation define a data center?
The legislation defines a data center as a facility that stores and processes digital data and is used to house large network systems. For facilities primarily used for international operations, such as those used by licensed health care facilities, the legislation does not define those as data centers.
The legislation defines an AI computing facility as one that’s used for high-performance computing, machine learning, AI training, or similar activities.
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