NY-17 House
Side-by-side comparison of candidate stances on AI hyperscale data center moratoriums, electricity rate hikes, water depletion, and Super PAC funding.
Candidate Position
Conley has taken a nuanced stance on data centers in the Hudson Valley. While stating at a candidate forum that "we need data centers" and acknowledging their permanence, she strongly backed Governor Kathy Hochul's one-year moratorium on new large facilities, opposed local tax breaks for Orangetown projects like Databank, and called for federal legislation ensuring tech companies pay their fair share and do not exploit local communities.
Sources & Verified Statements
“Local officials who are approving these projects need to understand the harm that they are going to bring. … Communities [are] unwittingly agreeing to terms where these data centers are literally profiting off the backs of our communities. We need data centers. We’re not going to get rid of them. We can mandate things to make sure they are better going forward than what we are seeing play out.”
“[If elected] she would push at the federal level for similar responsible regulation and legislation to ensure that data center companies are not exploiting our communities.”
“Let's be clear — Cait Conley supports a data center moratorium. Mike Lawler opposes one.”