In New York, lawmakers have proposed a three-year moratorium on developing new centers. "Massive data centers are gunning for New York, and right now we are completely unprepared," state Senator Liz Krueger said when announcing the bill earlier this month. Georgia, Maryland, and Oklahoma are among a handful of states that have introduced bills this year to pause data center construction. National and local politicians are calling for data centers to pay their fare share of rising utility costs.