Trump calls New York pause on AI data centres ‘terrible decision’

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump criticised New York governor Kathy Hochul for announcing a temporary ban on data centres, calling it a “terrible decision” and urging the state to change its decision immediately. “Both the Taxes and the Jobs amount to LIQUID GOLD!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Data Centres are tremendous WINS for the States and Communities that are lucky enough to get them.”The governor’s executive order announced on July 14 pauses environmental permits on new large data centres for up to one year while the state develops a framework for regulating facilities to prevent them from hiking utility bills and affecting water supply.Hochul responded on social media to Trump’s post, saying “the communities powering AI should share in its success.”“If data centres ar