Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows
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.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Adam Willems in Seattle.
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