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Lawmaker urges one-year national moratorium on new AI data centers
Summary
A lawmaker urged a one-year national moratorium on building new AI data centers, citing polls from Data for Progress and Gallup showing broad public opposition and saying a pause would allow time to study risks and protect working families.
A lawmaker urged a one-year national moratorium on construction of new AI data centers, citing recent polls that he said show broad public opposition and arguing a pause is needed "to understand the risks" and to protect working families.
The lawmaker cited a Data for Progress poll that he said found 63% of Americans support a one-year national moratorium on new AI data centers, including 67% of Democrats, 66% of independents and 58% of Republicans. He also cited Gallup data that he said shows 71% of Americans oppose construction of new AI data centers in their local communities.
The speaker framed the moratorium as a temporary measure to give regulators and lawmakers time to assess potential harms. "A moratorium, Mr. President, will give us time. Time to understand the risks. Time to protect working families. Time to defend our democracy. And time to ensure that this technology works for everybody, not just the billionaire owners," the lawmaker said.
The transcript records only the lawmaker’s remarks advocating the pause; it does not show any formal proposal, motion, or vote on a moratorium, nor does it record responses or commitments from other officials. Next procedural steps or sponsors of a formal bill were not specified in the transcript.
