Seattle poised to ban new datacenters in blow to big tech hub

"Measure in Amazon and Microsoft’s backyard expected to succeed next week as backlash grows amid AI boom 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 "

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This report is based on coverage originally published by The Guardian.

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