西雅圖就數據中心禁令投票，AI電力需求激增369兆瓦
西雅圖市議會將就一項為期一年的數據中心暫停令進行投票，亞馬遜員工對此表示支持，擬建AI中心可能導致電力需求激增369兆瓦。
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.