Connecticut Towns Enact Preemptive Data Center Moratoriums as State Senate Leader Readies Statewide Bill

Roughly half a dozen Connecticut municipalities — including East Lyme and New Haven — have passed moratoriums or outright bans on data centers before any projects have been formally proposed, per CT Mirror. State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff said he will introduce a statewide moratorium bill next session, framing the pushback as unusual because 'political opposition has formed well ahead of actual plans for development.' Only two applications have been filed under Connecticut's 2021 data-center tax incentive, and none this year.