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Brookhaven Town Board unanimously approves 18-month Data Center moratorium

Brookhaven Town Board on Long Island has unanimously approved an 18-month moratorium on new data center development, freezing all applications pending a comprehensive study of environmental and infrastructure impacts.

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The Wire takeaway

If you're planning to site a data centre on Long Island or any East Coast municipality, expect 18-month delays and tighter environmental screening as the default — Brookhaven's moratorium is a template other towns will copy, and it blocks new capacity just as demand peaks.

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Topics: Cloud Infrastructure · moratorium · zoning · real-estate · ny-long-island · ai-infrastructure

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Verified 18 July 2026 · Sources: Fusion42 review