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The article covers a public push for a data center moratorium in New York, with the mayor backing a state bill and citing growing public opposition to AI infrastructure. For AI readers, the relevant signal is that local and state rules on data center buildout are becoming a real constraint on compute expansion, not just a fringe concern. Whether the bill passes and how it is enforced will matter more than the event's rhetoric.

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Zohran Mamdani Backs Major Expansion of New York’s Data Center Moratorium

AI Now InstituteOctober 20, 20261 min read

At the People's AI Assembly, hosted by AI Now and More Perfect Union, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and comedian Ilana Glazer discuss data center expansion and how the public can reassert control over AI. The post Zohran Mamdani Backs Major Expansion of New York’s Data Center Moratorium appeared first on AI Now Institute.

Speaking on stage at the AI Now Institute and More Perfect Union’s “People’s AI Assembly,” actress and advocate Ilana Glazer asked the New York City mayor if he would push Gov. Hochul to sign the “Responsible Data Center Development Act,” which passed New York state legislation earlier this year; Mamdani responded with a simple and resolute “yes.”

Numerous surveys find that anti-AI and specifically anti-data-center sentiments have grown nationwide over the past year. This collective anxiety over AI development was palpable on Monday night at the “People’s AI Assembly,” where the entry line at New York City’s Webster Hall wrapped comfortably around the block. Attendees included college students holding “no data center” signs in hand, concerned parents of school-age children facing a future seemingly inundated with AI, and even some tech workers employed by the very companies selling the technology.

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