Town of Dryden, in Tompkins County, New York, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on February 19, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Town of Dryden, NY adopted a preventative data center zoning restriction on February 19, 2026. The TeraWulf Cayuga project referenced in earlier coverage is in Lansing, not Dryden — Dryden's action was preventative, not tied to a specific… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | February 19, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Tompkins County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Tompkins County
New York context
New York has 20 documented local actions across 20 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an executive order (in force, July 14, 2026).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.