369MW AI 전력 수요 급증 속 시애틀, 데이터센터 금지안 표결
제안된 AI 센터들이 369MW의 수요 급증을 위협하는 가운데, 시애틀 시의회가 Amazon 직원들의 지지를 받는 1년간의 데이터센터 모라토리엄에 대해 표결합니다.
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.