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Calls grow for a moratorium on data centers
Original: Data center moratorium now
Environmental group Environment America is calling for an immediate moratorium on new data center construction, arguing that the rapid buildout of facilities to serve artificial intelligence and cloud computing is straining power grids, water supplies and the climate. The demand adds to a growing debate in the United States over how quickly data centers should be allowed to expand and at what environmental cost.
Why now: Data center expansion driven by the AI boom is raising environmental and energy concerns, prompting renewed calls to pause new construction.
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