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New York Data Center Intelligence

Mapped New York data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every New York county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 37 data center buildings are mapped in 14 of its 62 counties, and businesses pay 20.97¢ per kWh for power, 57% above the US average.

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Where are New York's data centers?

37 mapped buildings sit in 14 of New York's 62 counties. Niagara County has the most: 13.

Niagara 13New York 4Rockland 4Albany 3Dutchess 2

    © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

    Inland flooding is the most common risk: 7 of the 14 counties with mapped data centers rate high for it.

    Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

    All 62 counties as a table

    What will a New York site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

    Business power in New York costs 20.97¢ per kWh, 57% above the US, and demand fell 3.9% since 2019.

    What do businesses pay for power?

    20.97¢ per kWh in 2025, 57% above the US average of 13.37¢.

    • Businesses7th most expensive of 51
      New York
      20.97¢
      US
      13.37¢

    How fast is business power demand growing?

    Business power use in New York fell 3.9% since 2019, while the US grew 10.5%.

    0%+10%New York−3.9%US+10.5%2019’20’21’22’23’242025

    What makes New York's power?

    130.9 TWh generated in 2025: natural gas 48%, nuclear 22%, hydro 19%.

    • Natural gas48%
    • Nuclear22%
    • Hydro19%
    • Wind5.4%
    • Solar3.3%
    • Other biomass1.0%

    Under 1% each: petroleum, other (eia's catch-all), wood. Pumped storage used more power than it made, so it is left out.

    How much new power is proposed?

    7,370 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, about a fifth of today's 41,385 MW: solar 53%, wind 37%, other 10%.

    • Solar3,914 MW
    • Wind2,699 MW
    • Other (EIA's catch-all)747 MW
    • Natural gas4 MW
    • Other biomass3 MW
    • Petroleum1 MW

    Which grid would a New York site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

    NYISO serves 99.7% of New York's power sales; inland flooding, coastal flooding and heat waves cost it most.

    Which grid serves New York?

    NYISO serves 99.7% of New York's retail power sales.

    • NYISO99.7%
    • PJM0.2%
    • No ISO/RTO0.1%

    Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

    How much water do New York's power plants use?

    New York's power plants took in 1,314 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned more than 99%; 8.0 billion gallons were used up .

    Returned 99.4%Used up 0.6%

    Which hazards cost New York most?

    Inland flooding, coastal flooding and heat waves are New York's biggest risks: each rates relatively high against other states .

    • Inland floodingRelatively high
    • Coastal floodingRelatively high
    • Heat waveRelatively high
    • HurricaneRelatively moderate
    • TornadoRelatively moderate
    • EarthquakeRelatively moderate
    • DroughtRelatively low
    • WildfireVery low

    Which AI campuses are in New York?

    New York has 2 AI campuses on the list; none of them is listed as being built.

    AI campuses in New York: Anthropic Lake Mariner, Core42 Lake Mariner.

    Who uses it, and what do they see first?

    Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of New York's 62 counties.

    Land-use and energy lawyers

    Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

    • Niagara County13 mapped · risk relatively moderate
    • New York County4 mapped · risk relatively high
    • Rockland County4 mapped · risk relatively moderate
    14counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

    Land and industrial brokers

    Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

    • Niagara County13
    • New York County4
    • Rockland County4
    • Albany County3
    • Dutchess County2
    13mapped buildings in Niagara County, the most in New York

    Site selection teams

    Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

    14of 62 counties have mapped data centers

    Utilities and power buyers

    Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

    • New York−3.9%
    • US+10.5%
    −3.9%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

    Insurers and lenders

    Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

    • Inland flooding7 of 14
    • Hurricane4 of 14
    • Heat wave3 of 14
    • Tornado2 of 14
    8of 14 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

    Investors and analysts

    See which new power plants are proposed, by source and size. Bars: MW proposed.

    • Solar3,914
    • Wind2,699
    • Other747
    • Natural gas4
    7,370MW of new plants proposed for 2026–2030

    What's inside New York Data Center Intelligence?

    One app for all 62 New York counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with New York's real data.

    The Intelligence app

    Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

    app.camsahead.com/intelligence/new-york
    OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI
    37mapped buildings
    2AI campuses
    20.97¢business power, per kWh
    −0.3%business demand, last 12 months
    WatchlistMappedFloodHeatDrought
    Niagara County13moderatelowVery low
    New York County4Very highhighnot rated
    Rockland County4moderatemoderateVery low
    Albany County3moderatelownot rated
    Dutchess County2moderatelowlow

    Hearings and filings

    Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

    Hearings · New York
    New York · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas
    • Niagara County13 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • New York County4 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Rockland County4 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Albany County3 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

    Alerts

    New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

    Alerts · New York
    • Power demandBusiness power sales −0.3% on the year before: 72.1 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
    • Site riskNew York County (4 mapped buildings) rates Very high for inland floodingFEMA National Risk Index
    • New supply7,370 MW of new plants proposed for 2026–2030EIA-860

    Data API

    County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

    api.camsahead.com
    GET /v1/counties/36063
    {
  "fips": "36063",
  "name": "Niagara County",
  "state": "NY",
  "pop2025": 208912,
  "pop_change_2020_pct": -1.8,
  "density_per_sqmi": 399.9,
  "nri": {
    "risk_rating": "Relatively Moderate",
    "ifld": {
      "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
      "score": 91
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        },
    "hwav": {
      "rating": "Relatively Low",
      "score": 58.6
    },
    "drgt": {
      "rating": "Very Low",
      "score": 17.7
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "rtos": [
      "NYISO"
    ],
    "utilities_n": 2
  },
  "state_power": {
    "commercial_cents_kwh": 20.97,
    "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
    "as_of": "2025"
  }
}

    What does it cost?

    New York Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

    New York Data Center Intelligence$390 a month
    • The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
    • Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
    • Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
    • 3 seats · cancel any time
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    Data APIFrom $999 a month
    • County, power, risk and project data as JSON
    • Keys for your own tools and models
    Request API access
    Public bodies$4,680 a year
    • Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
    • Paid by invoice
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    What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

    Sources and updates

    How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

    • OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
    • Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
    • FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
    • U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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