Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
What they say
Lawler said local data centers had been built before he entered Congress, were unrelated to AI and served the financial industry after September 11.
What the record shows
A New York DEC-hosted October 2020 site-management plan describes an existing 189,000-square-foot JPMorgan Chase computer data center and current commercial use. Orangetown’s January 2017 statement names Bloomberg and other operating local data centers. These examples predate Lawler’s congressional service, which began January 2023. The Chase plan’s later revisions include a December 2024 Phase III/master-plan update: an older facility and a newer expansion are separate facts.
Why there is no assessment here
The named preexisting facilities are supported, but the debate gives no complete facility universe. Their financial-sector operators do not establish that every current workload excludes AI or that all facilities have an exclusive September 11 purpose. All facilities and phases, current AI use and that exclusive motive remain source-limited.
Limit: The named preexisting facilities are supported, but the debate gives no complete facility universe. Their financial-sector operators do not establish that every current workload excludes AI or that all facilities have an exclusive September 11 purpose. All facilities and phases, current AI use and that exclusive motive remain source-limited. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.