Kentucky Industrial Alliance is suing Cave City after officials approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers and challenged the city's annexation of land for a proposed $4.8 billion AI campus near Mammoth Cave National Park, sparking conflict over AI infrastructure development.
Amazon engineers urged Seattle City Council to support a one-year moratorium on new AI data centers, citing massive company investments in AI infrastructure alongside significant layoffs. The council approved the moratorium to allow for regulation of these developments.
Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed L.D. 307, a bill that would have imposed the country's first statewide moratorium on new data centers until November 1, 2027. The Democrat, currently running for U.S. Senate, said she would have signed the bill if it had included an exemption for a data center project in the Town of Jay, which she noted enjoys strong local support. Mills stated pausing new data centers would be appropriate given their environmental and electricity rate impacts in other states.
