New York Bans New Data Centers Amid Power Crisis

New York has stopped allowing new big data centers because they use too much electricity.

This has made power bills go up a lot.

The state's governor, Kathy Hochul, said no new data centers can be built for at least a year.

Meanwhile, a big power grid called PJM Interconnection said it doesn't have enough electricity to meet future needs, partly because data centers use so much power.

Virginia, which has many data centers, started taxing them.

The White House is also getting involved to make sure regular people's electricity bills don't go up too much because of these data centers.

All of this is happening because artificial intelligence and data centers need a lot of electricity, and the power grids aren't ready for it.