House Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone of New Jersey on Wednesday called for Congress to impose a nationwide data center moratorium.
Pallone is now the most powerful congressional Democrat with jurisdiction over energy and environment issues to support such a policy in the face of public backlash.
Pallone’s statement came at the beginning of an Energy Subcommittee session to vote on more modest legislation that seeks to make sure ratepayers don’t foot the bill for data center expansion.
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“Americans across the county have expressed concern and opposition to the rampant construction of AI data centers, and Congress should take this political groundswell seriously with a data center moratorium,” Pallone said.
