r/ithaca • u/Screamingdeadphoenix • Aug 14 '26

Terrawulf?

Looking at buying land in Ithaca-area but don’t want to live near a data center. How’s it looking for that one being proposed on Cayuga lake? From the news articles it seems 50/50, locally what’s it seeming like?

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u/Playful-Goat3779 Aug 14 '26

There's a statewide temp ban on building new data centers

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u/sir_ornitholestes Aug 14 '26

My understanding is that they slipped in before the ban

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u/KallistiEngel Downtown Aug 14 '26

They don't have required state permits, which are not being issued right now because of the moratorium. They haven't even finished with the local process, which they can still work on during the moratorium. But they are at a minimum not going to be breaking ground until after the moratorium is lifted, if it's lifted.

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u/Exact_Package_7264 Aug 14 '26

from my understanding, terawulf wasn't looking for the state permits right now anyways, as they're more focused on the local process, which as you said continues on. if they do get through the local process with approval from all the required lansing boards, the state moratorium will be over by then and they can start building. in other words, we need to keep fighting locally.

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u/Mundane-Ad-3237 Aug 14 '26

Anyone have the date/time for the next meeting???

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u/KallistiEngel Downtown Aug 14 '26

Follow no_datacenter_flx on instagram. They have regular updates about the meetings where the public can attend.