Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers Propose Freeze on New AI Datacenter Construction
March 25, 2026
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Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new AI datacenters, seeking to create federal safeguards for rapidly expanding AI infrastructure.
Lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the construction of AI datacenters amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The policy, announced by Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic representative, aims to ensure the AI boom protects the environment and communities, and benefits workers instead of harming them.
A temporary ban, the lawmakers say, would give the US government time to create strong federal safeguards for AI, which is
