Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters
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- Photograph: Elaine Thompson/APView image in fullscreen The Amazon campus in Seattle.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on the construction of new datacenters.
- A major tech hub whose metro area is home to Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle is the largest US city to have passed such a moratorium as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country.
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The Amazon campus in Seattle. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/APView image in fullscreen The Amazon campus in Seattle. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/APSeattle Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows
Prefer the Guardian on Google Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on the construction of new datacenters. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the temporary ban on Tuesday.
A major tech hub whose metro area is home to Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle is the largest US city to have passed such a moratorium as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country.