Sanders and AOC Rally for Federal Moratorium on AI Data Centers

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U.S. lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled bills to impose an immediate federal moratorium on AI data-center construction until comprehensive safeguards protect health, privacy, workers’ rights, and the environment, with Sanders leading the Senate effort and Ocasio-Cortez preparing a House counterpart to slow AI development and push for nationwide regulation.
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- Bernie Sanders and AOC Want to Pump the Brakes on AI Development Rolling Stone
- A movement to ban data centers gains steam across the U.S. The Washington Post
- 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
- Exclusive: Sen. Warner calls AI data center moratorium championed by AOC "idiocy" Axios
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