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Seattle Enacts Year-Long Ban On New AI Datacenters
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Seattle enacted a one-year moratorium on new datacenters, becoming the largest U.S. city to do so. The city council voted unanimously for the ban. Lawmakers framed the pause as a chance to draft regulations targeting electricity-hungry AI datacenters and protect residents from environmental risks and rising electricity bills.
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