AI data center moratorium passed before 2027?

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Orange County, North Carolina: Enacted a one-year moratorium to pause approvals on large-scale data centers supporting artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency mining.

Arkansas’ most populous county approves data center moratorium

Citrus County commissioners approved a yearlong moratorium on rezoning that could lead to new AI data centers.

The Jackson County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to place a one-year temporary moratorium on the construction of an artificial intelligence data center.

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Boomer

its for your own good.

As wrong as one can be

Ah wait it's not a bill.

Durham City Council just approved a 60 day moratorium on data centers effective from May 4. [link removed]

this but for ai

We needed this yes yesterday...

There already are multiple local moratoriuma, can we resolve?

Bernie: "I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%."

Bernie: "If there are no jobs and humans won't be needed for most things, how do people get an income to feed their families, to get healthcare or to pay the rent? There's not been one serious word of discussion in the Congress about that reality."

Bernie: "A moratorium will give us the chance to figure out how to make sure that AI benefits the working families of this country, not just a handful of billionaires who want more and more wealth and more and more power."

AI is a blight on society

You are going full teddy

This is done. Can someone propose?

proof: [link removed]

yeah idk why is still not proposed

Not q bill

?? XD

It was a city council ordinance

An ordinance is a local law. Polymarket’s April 25 clarification specifically added 'local' moratoriums to the rules. Therefore, a City Council ordinance satisfies the 'passed into law' requirement

f local moratoriums count (per Apr 25 update), then city ordinances count by definition. That’s how local laws are passed. Illinois and Oklahoma are already in. It’s a YES

No, there was no bill enacted. The city can request an actual bill from the state to apply locally but that's not what happened

You’re moving the goalposts. The April 25 update explicitly says LOCAL moratoriums count. In the US, cities pass local laws through ordinances, not state bills. Oklahoma City and Champaign County have already enacted these as law. It’s a YES per the updated rules. Stop coping

No, local bills exist depending on state designation and procedures. In Oklahoma these the proposals for these ordinances are not officially designated as bills. Either way, that's prob the reason this hasn't been proposed

You are over-complicating terminology to ignore the Apr 25 update. Polymarket explicitly added 'LOCAL' to the rules to include these actions. In the US, local governments pass laws through ordinances. If an ordinance 'prohibits or suspends approvals' (which OKC and Champaign did), it fulfills the market's intent. Arguing it's not a 'bill' after the 'local' clarification is a losing technicality. It’s a YES.

I am, possibly. There is a higher chance they clarify this counts if there is a dispute, but nobody has proposed bcs it's not undisputable

Admitting it likely counts is a big step. The reason nobody has proposed yet is simple: it’s the weekend / fear. With the April 25th 'LOCAL' update and the OKC/Champaign facts, the dispute risk is near zero for anyone using common sense and understand the context and the rules well. Expect the proposal tomorrow from pl team when the desks are back in NYC if no one propose before. It's all clear and undisputable

Yeah that sounds readonable

「The orderbook will be cleared at 6:00 PM ET, regardless of whether a clarification is made」 and still not end

AI data centers pose significant environmental and social risks by consuming excessive power and water, creating noise and e-waste, and placing a heavy burden on local infrastructure while offering minimal community benefits. We need a nationwide ban on AI NOW.

didn't take you for a slopulist

The Rules are unacceptably SLOPPY! They *must* specify whether this only applies to a nationwide Federal moratorium or whether State-level moratoriums apply within their state. " anywhere in the United States" Can equally mean "A bill that applies anywhere (everywhere)" - Federal, or "A bill enacted anywhere - e.g. in a specific state - and applying to that state" - State-level. The outcome has completely different likelihoods.

Tell me what you think it's supposed to mean and I'll provide an opposite framing