President Trump blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul over New York’s first-in-the-nation halt on data centers, accusing state Democrats of pursuing a “political” agenda that he said would drive away lucrative projects and the jobs tied to them.
“New York State has made a terrible decision,” Trump wrote in a fiery Truth Social post. “All of this Income, and other Benefits, will be going to Red States, and some Blue, where Data Centers are sought as Cash Cows, with Lower Taxes and Record Setting Jobs. They must pay for their own Water and Power, and any leftover goes back to the State and local Community.
“New York should change its Policy, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump continued. “The Radical Left Dumocrats must not be allowed to cause us to lose Data Centers, AI, and all of this incredible new Technology, to China, and other countries!”
The president’s sharp rebuke came one day after Hochul announced a pause on new permits for data centers in New York, arguing that the rapidly expanding facilities are placing too much pressure on the state’s energy grid.
“I don’t want New York to just be first. I want New York to be first in the right way,” Hochul said as she defended the new executive order.
New York City’s highest-ranking Republican official quickly joined the criticism.
“President Trump is absolutely right,” said Minority Council Leader David Carr of Staten Island.
“Shutting down a clean nuclear power plant that supplied 25 percent of the city’s electricity, opposing cheap natural gas supply, trying to fill the energy gap with hydroelectric from Canada that costs an arm and a leg and another arm, and then placing a moratorium on data centers that bring in billions of dollars in investment and thousands of good paying jobs is not a sound energy or economic policy for New York State,” Carr added.
To say that this is a tremendous missed opportunity is an understatement.”
