Scope
Empire State Development guidance for host communities describes a voluntary Community Investment Framework, developed in alignment with Executive Order 62, that gives localities a structured approach to identifying, negotiating and documenting investments from data center developers. The guidance says it is up to municipalities, with advice of counsel, whether to make the Framework binding.
- Geographic scope
- New York
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Government agency
- Issuing authority
- Empire State Development
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not a binding measure
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Empire State Development published guidance for local governments on a voluntary Community Investment Framework for data center development, developed in alignment with Executive Order 62. It offers a structured approach for localities to identify, negotiate and document investments from data center developers and says municipalities decide, with counsel, whether to make a framework agreement binding. It is guidance, not a binding state rule.
What this does not establish
- Voluntary guidance; it does not bind a municipality or a developer by itself.
- The document shows no issue date in its text, so no date is stored.
- Executive Order 62 (a separate record) is the related binding instrument; this guidance is not part of that order's permit hold.
Unresolved questions
- When the guidance was first published was not established from the document.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://esd.ny.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/CIFGuidanceDocument.pdf