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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor

Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters

A rectangular building with multiple vents on top.
An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services datacenter in Ashburn, Virginia. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the construction of AI datacenters.

“Despite the extraordinary importance of this issue and its impact on every man, woman and child in this country, AI has received far too little serious discussion here in our nation’s capital,” Sanders told reporters on Wednesday. “I fear that Congress is totally unprepared for the magnitude of the changes that are already taking place.”

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