moratorium

This week: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a statewide moratorium on building A.I. data centers.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026

The moratorium would give the state time to create regulations for data centers that can help the environment and energy grid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

New York state's legislature last month passed a one-year moratorium on data center construction.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

But contracts can’t be officially signed until the moratorium is lifted on July 6.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Montebello, El Monte and Baldwin Park have all enacted temporary moratoria, and Alhambra recently banned data centers as part of a zoning code update.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

These could include eviction moratoria, limiting late fees on rent payments, increasing access to emergency rental assistance, and freezing rent increases.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023

Those figures do not account for the potential projects that have been preempted by locally imposed limitations or moratoria on solar applications.

From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2022

“We’re very concerned that people who are eligible for rent relief or protected under the moratoria will be frightened by what’s been going on in the courts.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021

Thirdly: The most botched subject can secure from his prince letters of respite or moratoria; but who shall give them to the prince, unless he does it to himself?

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

Among them are the US and China, which have both established voluntary moratoriums against explosive nuclear testing.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Some towns have imposed temporary moratoriums on data centers, but the projects could still go forward in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

In the past the department issued similar, if temporary moratoriums on the use of other projectile weapons that fire so-called skip and beanbag rounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

The death penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 US states, while three others -- California, Oregon and Pennsylvania -- have moratoriums in place.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

"All praise to the power of the war-time moratoriums," Farrel declared.

From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)