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Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, poised to pass moratorium on new datacenters
Measure expected to succeed next week represents major rebuke to big tech as local disquiet over AI boom grows Seattle’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 sought to build five large datacenters in areas serviced by Seattle’s public utility; if approved, they would have consumed approximately a third of the city’s current daily demand for electricity. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, poised to pass moratorium on new datacenters, Measure expected to succeed next week represents major rebuke to big tech as local disquiet over AI boom grows Seattle’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 sought to build five large datacenters in areas serviced by Seattle’s public utility; if approved, they would have consumed approximately a third of the city’s current daily demand for electricity. Continue reading…
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- Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, poised to pass moratorium on new datacentersThe Guardian - 2026-06-04T00:17:42+00:00
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