On May 23 (local time), a protest against the construction of the Stratos Data Center is taking place in front of the Utah State Capitol. GettyImages/Imagines The state of New York, USA, has decided to restrict the construction of data centers, which are rapidly increasing due to the expansion of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, for one year. It is the first state to temporarily suspend data center construction at the U.S. state level due to concerns about ecosystem destruction, power and water resource burden, and electricity rate hikes.