en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Town Board of East Fishkill, New York, voted to approve a three-year moratorium on data centers, blocking a planned campus project in the area.

The moratorium, passed by vote on Thursday evening, is effective until July 1, 2029. Construction will be paused unless the data center is "ancillary to an existing or permitted use, with a capacity of less than 20 megawatts, or qualifies for a special economic development permit."

According to a drawing uploaded to its website by developer Treetop Companies, this decision effectively blocks the company's plan to build a 1.16 million square foot (approximately 107,910 square meters) data center south of Old State Road and Interstate 52. However, Treetop appears to have never submitted a formal application for the project.

East Fishkill Town Supervisor Nick D'Alessandro stated on Facebook before the moratorium vote that the town had never received a data center application, and under current zoning, data centers are not even listed as a permitted use in industrial zones. The Town Board proactively introduced the three-year moratorium to provide certainty for the community and allow time for further research and discussion.

DCD has contacted Treetop for comment.

Treetop is a real estate company involved in industrial, residential, recreational, affordable housing, and office building projects. It is unclear whether the company has experience with data center projects.

East Fishkill is not a data center hub. Most of New York State's data centers are concentrated in and around New York City and Buffalo, with smaller clusters in Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany.

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