Bloomberg Surveillance · Thursday, September 10, 2026
Heath Terry from Citi explains that data center moratoriums are primarily affecting future construction, not current projects. He emphasizes that public concerns are often directed at poorly planned data centers, not all such developments. Terry points to examples of community engagement leading to successful projects, suggesting that political pressure will push companies to develop data centers more responsibly.
“Look, the moratoriums, the concerns that you have around this, I think are largely going to be more of an issue sort of for future builds. You look at most of the moratoriums that have been issued, those are against new permits versus what's being built now.”
“And, you know, I think one thing that we have to talk about more is People don't have blanket issues with all data centers. They have issues with data centers that are being built the wrong way, that are being built without consideration for the communities that they're being built in.”
“And so I think what you're going to see in all of this, all of this political pressure, is you're going to see companies forced to do this the right way. And I don't think that's a bad thing.”