| Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) | TeraWulf; Cayuga Operating Company | 400 | Proposed | April 30, 2026 | 50 MW+ |
Updates, newest first
- Sept. 30, 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · NYISO's queue lists Cayuga Operating Company load requests of 88 MW and 162 MW at the Milliken substation. (New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Sept. 30, 2026)
- Aug. 4, 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · Spectrum News reported opponents had delivered a petition with 17,000 signatures to the town board and that the planning board said the plan needed more work. (Spectrum News, Aug. 4, 2026)
- Aug. 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · TeraWulf said the site could support about 400 MW gross and did not expect operations before about 2029. (TeraWulf Inc., Aug. 2026)
- April 28, 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · A judge denied motions to dismiss, letting the lawsuit go forward. (The Cornell Daily Sun, April 30, 2026)
- Jan. 29, 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) and FLX Strong sued TeraWulf and the zoning board in Tompkins County Supreme Court. (The Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 5, 2026)
- Jan. 20, 2026 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · The Tompkins County Legislature voted 14-1 to ask DEC to reconsider a permit to draw more than 1 million gallons a day from Cayuga Lake. (The Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 5, 2026)
- Dec. 2025 Lake Hawkeye (Cayuga site) · The Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to treat the data center as a general processing facility, and the town board withdrew a proposed moratorium. (The Cornell Daily Sun, April 30, 2026; The Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 5, 2026)
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 →