Trump also said that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin had told him tech companies weren’t taking advantage of the administration’s promise to get fast approvals for private power plants supporting A.I development. Dedicated power plants for data centers have only grown in popularity as companies race to get the facilities online. This wave of power plants for data centers could also release air pollutants that contribute to smog and lung damage. Kathy Hochul signs the bill, New York would become the first state in the U.S. to restrict data centers in such a way. Monterey Park, California, and Ashville, Ohio, are among the U.S. communities that have passed temporary bans or pauses on new data centers.