Data center fact sheet · county
St. Lawrence County, New York
As of . Latest dated change shown: Sep 16, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 proposed
- Planned capacity
- 635 MW
- 1 project publishes a figure; 0 projects publish none
- Moratorium actions
- 2
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion Massena | Proposed | 635 MW | North Country Colocation Services (NCCS), an affiliate of New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) |
Pauses and local rules
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Sep 16, 2026 Massena Town Board votes 3-2 against a proposed six-month moratorium on data center development (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[1]
- Aug 2026 NCCS representatives tell the Massena Planning Board that planned on-site emergency generators have been cut from 314 to 68 to address noise concerns (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[3]
- Jul 14, 2026 Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[4]
- Jun 26, 2026 Massena Town Planning Board holds a pre-submission meeting to discuss consultants and determine the lead agency for environmental review (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[5]
- May 27, 2026 Local reporting counts about ten data center proposals under discussion in the Massena area, with this one furthest along (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[6]
- May 18, 2026 St. Lawrence County Planning Board chairman Vance Fleury calls the site plan premature, with too many unanswered questions; an earlier version described about 2.6 million gallons a day of river withdrawals and three buildings of 562,000, 612,000 and 400,000 sq ft (North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion)[7]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- WWNY 7 News, “Massena town board votes down data center moratorium”, Sep 17, 2026. https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/09/17/massena-town-board-votes-down-data-center-moratorium/
- Rockefeller Institute of Government, “Updates on the Cloud: More Moratoriums on Data Centers”, Jun 10, 2026. https://www.rockinst.org/blog/updates-on-the-cloud-more-moratoriums-on-data-centers/
- NNY360 (Watertown Daily Times), “Massena Planning Board hears update from data center representatives”, Aug 21, 2026. https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/massena-planning-board-hears-update-from-data-center-representatives/article_2f0cd6b9-924e-55d5-958e-95b5e58ff06e.html
- Office of the Governor of New York, “Executive Order No. 62: Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers in New York”, Jul 14, 2026. https://www.governor.ny.gov/executive-order/no-62-establishing-temporary-moratorium-data-centers-new-york-while-state-develops
- DatacenterDynamics, “NYDIG looks to expand data center at Massena site, New York”, Jul 7, 2026. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nydig-looks-to-expand-data-center-at-massena-site-new-york/
- WWNY 7 News, “Massena sees 10 data center proposals”, May 27, 2026. https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/05/27/massena-sees-10-data-center-proposals/
- NNY360 / Watertown Daily Times, “County Planning Board: Massena data center site plan contains more questions than answers”, May 18, 2026. https://www.nny360.com/news/stlawrencecounty/county-planning-board-massena-data-center-site-plan-contains-more-questions-than-answers/article_8cfc5871-eee7-5db0-be86-6bc56f761d5c.html
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: St. Lawrence County, New York,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/new-york/st-lawrence-county.