Niagara County

Moratoriums and bans

1. June 2026 City of North Tonawanda: Moratorium (extended). The Common Council unanimously extended its 2024 moratorium on cryptomines and data centers by another year. (DatacenterDynamics, June 18, 2026; The Energy Mag, June 18, 2026)

Updates, newest first

1. Sept. 30, 2026 Lake Mariner Data Campus · NYISO's queue lists two 250 MW AI data center load requests at the Kintigh 345 kV substation (Lake Mariner Data II and Wulf Compute Data Center II). (New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026)
2. Sept. 18, 2026 North East Data / Blockfusion Niagara Falls campus · Blockfusion signed a 15-year anchor lease with CoreWeave; the June letter of intent covered up to 300 MW, 85 MW of it guaranteed. (DatacenterDynamics, Sept. 18, 2026)
3. Aug. 4, 2026 Lake Mariner Data Campus · Spectrum News reported TeraWulf's figures for the expansion: $3.2 billion and 200 new jobs. (Spectrum News, Aug. 4, 2026)
4. July 21, 2026 H5 Data Centers Lockport (former Yahoo campus) · Investigative Post put past tax breaks for the Yahoo campus at about $478 million, plus low-cost NYPA hydropower. (Investigative Post, July 21, 2026)
5. July 20, 2026 Lake Mariner Data Campus · Investigative Post reported the expansion pays no state or local sales tax and receives discounted NYPA power; Niagara County was examining the lost revenue. (Investigative Post, July 21, 2026)
6. July 2026 Lake Mariner Data Campus · TeraWulf delivered building CB-3, bringing revenue-generating IT capacity to 102 MW, with 336 MW more under construction in CB-4 and CB-5. (TeraWulf Inc., Aug. 2026)
7. June 2026 Digi Power X North Tonawanda AI conversion · Digi Power X filed a proposal for an 80,000 sq ft AI building; the Common Council then extended its data center moratorium by a year. (DatacenterDynamics, June 18, 2026; The Energy Mag, June 18, 2026)
8. June 2026 City of North Tonawanda: Moratorium (extended) · The Common Council unanimously extended its 2024 moratorium on cryptomines and data centers by another year. (DatacenterDynamics, June 18, 2026; The Energy Mag, June 18, 2026)
9. March 20, 2026 Lake Mariner Data Campus · TeraWulf topped out building CB-4; DCD reported 500 MW of campus capacity, expandable to 750 MW, and 360 MW of planned Fluidstack leases backed by Google. (DatacenterDynamics, March 20, 2026)
10. Oct. 17, 2025 Globe Digital Holdings data center · Globe DH filed three 192 MW AI data center load requests on National Grid's Beck-Packard and Niagara-Packard 230 kV lines. (New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026)
11. Aug. 29, 2025 North East Data / Blockfusion Niagara Falls campus · North East Data filed a 500 MW data center load request on National Grid's 230 kV lines. (New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026)
12. Jan. 22, 2025 H5 Data Centers Lockport (former Yahoo campus) · H5 Data Centers had bought the 43-acre, 409,000 sq ft campus for $49 million, with Yahoo leasing it back; H5 gave up Yahoo's tax breaks. (Buffalo Toronto Public Media, Jan. 22, 2025)
13. April 9, 2024 Niagara Digital Campus · The developer filed a 140 MW data center load request, now in facilities study. (New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026)
14. June 29, 2022 Niagara Digital Campus · Niagara Falls Redevelopment unveiled a 135 MW, $1.5 billion plan; the mayor questioned whether zoning allowed it. (DatacenterDynamics, June 29, 2022)

Statewide

Executive Order 62 (July 14, 2026) tells DEC to hold all incomplete discretionary permit applications for building or expanding data centers that use, or can use, 50 MW or more until the Department of Public Service finishes a statewide environmental impact statement; local permits are not covered, and the order sets no end date. (Office of the Governor of New York, July 14, 2026; Hodgson Russ LLP, July 16, 2026) Responsible Data Center Development Act (S10642/A11560): passed the Senate 43-17 on June 4, 2026 and the Assembly; it would pause state permits for data centers of 20 MW or more for a year, require separate utility rate classes and renewable targets; not yet signed or vetoed as of Oct. 18, 2026. (New York State Senate, June 4, 2026; WBNG, June 5, 2026) PSC Case 26-E-0045 (Energize NY Development) is the large-load interconnection proceeding, opened Feb. 12, 2026 under a beneficiary-pays approach; on Sept. 17, 2026 the PSC issued a draft scope for the data center environmental impact statement, with comments due Oct. 20, 2026. (New York State Public Service Commission (copy hosted by RTO Insider), Feb. 12, 2026; New York State Department of Public Service, Sept. 17, 2026; Office of the Governor of New York, July 14, 2026) Tax breaks: a 2000 state law gives internet data centers state and local sales tax breaks, and local IDAs grant sales, property and mortgage-tax abatements; the governor says she will seek a ban on these breaks for data centers of 50 MW or more in the next budget (no bill number yet). (Investigative Post, July 21, 2026; Spectrum News, Sept. 18, 2026) NYISO load queue: the state reports nearly 12 GW of data center load requests as of May 2026; the Sept. 30, 2026 queue lists data center requests across St. Lawrence, Niagara, Dutchess, Suffolk and other counties. (Office of the Governor of New York, July 14, 2026; New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026) New York data centers →