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How is a data center defined? Is a small business dedicating a room to server racks a "data center"?

kube-system 3 months ago | [–]

The law defines it as (approximately) anything connected to a public utility that has more than one megawatt of computing power.

jasonlotito 3 months ago | [–]

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10642

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