Poughkeepsie council member urges pause on large data centers, backs bill to create public utility
During public comment, Daniel Latona urged local governments to adopt longer moratoria on large data centers, criticized Central Hudson's resiliency spending, and urged support for the Hudson Valley Power Authority Act to create a nonprofit public utility.
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Daniel Latona, a community organizer and a city council member in Poughkeepsie’s Ward 8, told the Dutchess County Legislature during public comment that local municipalities should consider stronger limits on large data centers and explore municipal control of electric service. He said East Fishkill recently enacted a three-year moratorium on data centers and called Governor Kathy Hochul’s one-year pause on large data centers "not long enough."
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