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TECHNOLOGYJun 4 · 00:17 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDAdam Willems in Seattle

Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, poised to pass moratorium on new datacenters

Seattle, home to Amazon and Microsoft, is set to pass a year-long moratorium on new datacenter construction, marking a significant challenge for big tech as local concerns about the AI boom's energy demands grow. Four companies had planned to build five large datacenters that would consume a third of the city’s current daily electricity demand.

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