New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation
Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.
Wired Molly Taft
Related Coverage
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- Senate Bill S9144 NYSenate.gov · Liz Krueger
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@deanwball
Dean W. Ball
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This one comes from the high ranks of state politics, too. This comes on top of 1,000+ proposed state AI bills, and in addition to the 100s of AI laws enacted by states in the last two years alone (and the lawsuits). None of this is in isolation; it compounds.
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@pat_hedger
Patrick Hedger
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Government: Spending a bunch of money to connect everyone to the internet while banning the thing they're actually connecting to.
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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Again, if I were an AI Super PAC I'd be trying to work out a federal framework that addresses stuff like this + establishes basic safety + security regulation to prevent major incidents and avoid giving people more excuses to hate AI https://x.com/...
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@mollytaft
Molly Taft
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really can't convey how insane it is to watch the legislative action on this, which basically was sitting at next to nothing a year ago to more than 60 data center-related bills in Virginia alone this year: https://www.wired.com/...
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