Seattles city government is on the verge of passing a year long ban on the construction of new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium as nationwide backlash grows. Four companies sought to build five large datacenters in areas serviced by Seattles public utility; if approved, they would have consumed approximately a third of the citys current daily demand for electricity. On Wednesday, city council committees unanimously passed the moratorium and an...
