LIVE: Introducing the AI Data Center Moratorium Act

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · March 25, 2026

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Opening: scale of AI transformation

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A senator opened by calling AI and robotics the beginning of "the most profound technological revolution in world history," warning of rapid and wide-ranging impacts on the economy, democracy, privacy, mental health and even human survival.

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A senator and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced legislation proposing a moratorium on construction of new AI data centers until national safeguards and pre-market review are in place; they cited job displacement, energy and privacy harms and said the bill would also bar export of AI chips to countries without protections, including China.

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