Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, poised to pass moratorium on new datacenters (opens in new tab)

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Measure expected to pass next week represents major rebuke to big tech as local disquiet over AI boom growsSeattle’s city government is on the verge of passing a year-long ban on the construction of new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium as nationwide backlash grows.Four companies

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lemmy.world·

Seattle poised to ban new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium

Tom's Hardware

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Seattle to pass one-year AI data center moratorium next week — will use window to study community impact of AI buildouts

Gizmodo·

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Seattle poised to ban new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium

Seattle to pass one-year AI data center moratorium next week — will use window to study community impact of AI buildouts

Seattle Passes Most Symbolically Potent Data Center Moratorium Yet