‘This is Seattle’s position on AI’: City Council votes unanimously to pause big new data centers

Supporters of a permanent data center ban, including members of Kshama Sawant’s congressional campaign, hold signs reading “Stop the Data Centers & AI Layoffs” during public comment at Tuesday’s Seattle City Council meeting. (Screenshot via Seattle Channel) The city that gave the world cloud computing just hit pause on the machines that power it. The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a one-year emergency moratorium on new large data centers inside the city limits, respondi