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SEATTLE BANS NEW AI DATACENTERS FOR ONE YEAR

Seattle's city council unanimously approved a year-long moratorium on new datacenter construction Tuesday, making it the largest U.S. city to enact such a ban as concerns over AI infrastructure's energy consumption intensify nationwide.

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The Guardian — Technology+0m

Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows Seattle…