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Candidate urges moratorium on data centers, says ratepayers shouldn't subsidize AI companies
Summary
Dr. Pete Meaney called for a moratorium on data centers, arguing Massachusetts ratepayers should not be subsidizing billion‑dollar AI corporations and urging such facilities be built elsewhere.
Dr. Pete Meaney said his third priority is a moratorium on data centers, arguing that ratepayers should not be asked to subsidize large AI companies. "And lastly, I want a moratorium on data centers. There's absolutely no reason the ratepayers of Massachusetts should be subsidizing billion dollar AI corporations," he said, urging developers to "go build them somewhere else."
Meaney presented the moratorium as a protection for local ratepayers but did not specify how a moratorium would be implemented, what geographic scope he intended, or what state or regulatory authority would be used to enact such a pause.
