Should your state pause approvals?

Name: Should your state pause approvals? — poll responses
Creator: Crosstab
Published: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://crosstabpoll.com/terms

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New York and Texas have paused new data center permits while they review water and power use, New York for up to a year. Should your state pause approvals until it sets limits on water use, power use, and who pays for that power, or keep issuing permits under today's rules? If your state has already paused, answer for keeping the pause.

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Pause. Once a project is approved its water and power terms are locked in for decades, so the limits should come first, even if some projects go to other states

Keep issuing permits. Projects that meet today's rules shouldn't wait on rules not yet written, or the jobs go elsewhere, even if some are approved before new limits exist

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Crosstab, "Should your state pause approvals?", opt-in online poll, 0 respondents as of October 27, 2026. Question: "New York and Texas have paused new data center permits while they review water and power use, New York for up to a year. Should your state pause approvals until it sets limits on water use, power use, and who pays for that power, or keep issuing permits under today's rules? If your state has already paused, answer for keeping the pause." Results describe the poll's respondents, not the general population. https://crosstabpoll.com/poll/data-center-pause-rules

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