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Seattle enacts 1-year ban on data centers

Seattle enacts one-year ban on data centers

A one-year ban on new large-scale data centers was approved by the full Seattle City Council on Tuesday. The ban comes after 98,000 residents emailed comments to the city, almost all in support of the ban over the last several months,

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Seattle passes one-year data center moratorium

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Seattle passes moratorium on new data centers amid national backlash

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Why are data centers so controversial? A look inside Oklahoma proposals, reaction

The debate over data centers being built in Oklahoma will descend on at least two local meetings this week in Edmond and Luther.

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Growing number of Oklahoma towns move to halt new data center developments

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Alabama city approves 1-year moratorium on data centers

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‘This is Seattle’s position on AI’: City Council votes unanimously to pause big new data centers

The Seattle City Council voted 9-0 to halt applications for data centers larger than 20 megavolt-amperes for one year, while the city studies their impact on the power grid, water supply, utility rates,

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Data center resistance comes home to Seattle as council considers a one-year freeze

The rooftop park on Ocean Pavilion offers views of the Seattle skyline and Elliott Bay. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) While tech companies including Microsoft and Amazon call the Seattle area home, residents are voicing opposition to the construction ...

Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers

Amazon engineers called out their employer for conducting mass layoffs while it commits to spending $200 billion this year on AI infrastructure.