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Re:New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data cen... by kube-system on Friday June 05, 2026 @01:41PM (#48415818)
Both an AI hyperscaler and an Amazon warehouse would be typically classified as "light industrial".

> There’s no continuous distillation column, smelter, fly ash pond, tailings pond, or anything remotely industrial.

This is typically classified as "heavy industrial"

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Re:New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data cen... by quickthrowman on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:23PM (#48418523)
Maybe for real estate brokers or city planners.

I use the definitions that the entire construction industry uses. A data center is commercial. A distribution center is commercial. A plastic injection molding company or machine shop is commercial. An oil refinery, grain mill, or power plant is industrial.

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Re:New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data cen... by kube-system on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:47PM (#48418772)
It's the normal zoning terminology which is entirely appropriate for a regulatory discussion.

Stick a feather in your hat and call it macaroni if you want, it doesn't change my prior point.

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