369MWのAI電力需要急増の中、シアトルがデータセンター禁止を採決
計画中のAIセンターが369MWの需要急増を引き起こす恐れがある中、シアトル市議会はAmazon職員が支持する1年間のデータセンター建設凍結を採決する。
the seattle city council will vote on a one-year moratorium for new data centers following testimony from amazon employees and residents against the unchecked expansion of ai infrastructure. the proposed centers, four anonymous projects, would demand 369 megawatts of power, exceeding the city's current capacity by ten times and threatening to spike electricity prices. the moratorium aims to buy time to draft legislation protecting local resources from the energy intensity of large-scale ai model training and inference. this local resistance signals a growing tension between the massive energy requirements of the ai race and community sustainability concerns.