Barely 48 hours after the midterms, Bernie Sanders posted five words that should alarm anyone who cares about American prosperity and security. "National data center moratorium now."
7 months ago, AOC and I introduced an AI data center moratorium.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 4, 2026
Last night, 43 of 44 communities voted for one locally.
Americans don’t want Big Tech oligarchs wrecking the environment, gutting jobs and threatening humanity’s future.
NATIONAL DATA CENTER MORATORIUM NOW
Representative Yassamin Ansari went further and said that pausing AI development should be a Day One priority for the new Democratic majority in the House. The vehicle is ready.
The Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, would impose an immediate federal freeze on the construction of new data centers and the expansion of existing ones until Congress passes comprehensive legislation. In practice that means an open-ended ban, conditional on Washington agreeing on everything from labor policy to civil rights to the meaning of "safe AI". Anyone who has watched Congress try to pass a budget knows how long that would take.
This is the most self-destructive industrial policy proposal in the developed world since Germany decided to shut down its nuclear plants while importing Russian gas. And Beijing could not have designed it better.
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