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

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Seattle is poised to pass a year-long ban on new datacenter construction, making it the largest U.S. city to impose such a moratorium as backlash against the AI boom intensifies. Four companies had proposed five large datacenters that would consume roughly a third of the city's daily power supply, a prospect that triggered local opposition. The measure, expected to pass next week, signals growing tension between tech giants headquartered in the region and residents concerned about energy demands and infrastructure strain.