Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

The bill would impose a moratorium on the construction or upgrading of new or existing artificial intelligence data centers until legislation is enacted that ensures AI safety, equitable economic benefits, environmental protection, community approval, no government subsidies, and union job standards. It defines an artificial intelligence data center as a facility used for developing or operating AI models at scale, or one with significant power capacity and specialized cooling or power delivery systems. The bill also requires quarterly public reports from the Secretary of Energy on AI data center operations and prohibits the export of computing infrastructure hardware to countries lacking comparable AI safeguards.

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