Progressives push moratorium on AI data centers with new bill
TL;DR
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act to pause new or expanded AI data centers while evaluating energy use, environmental impact and local effects, a proposal underscored by images of facilities like Google's Georgia data center.
- Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez push bill to impose AI data center moratorium AP News
- Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters The Guardian
- Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders push bill to impose AI data center moratorium PBS
- A movement to ban data centers gains steam across the U.S. The Washington Post
- Exclusive: Sen. Warner calls AI data center moratorium championed by AOC "idiocy" Axios
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