ITHACA, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued two sets of permits to a power plant in the town of Lansing connected to a controversial proposal to construct a data center. Cayuga Operating Company, which owns a coal-fired power plant that hasn’t been regularly operated for six years, received renewals and modifications of its water withdrawal permit and State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES…