And they don’t yet know how many megawatts of electricity the data center will need. Bryan Paz-Hernandez has opposed the data center as the co-facilitator of No Kings Collective Albany. He said he’s glad the data center’s HVAC cooling system would use less water and make less noise than other data centers. Hochul has floated requiring data center developers to post bonds , citing former factories in her hometown of Buffalo. “But I also ask the question, when the technology does change and data centers become obsolete, who’s cleaning up the mess?”