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19 hours agoGeorgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America's AI boom
But it is Georgia that is quickly becoming ground zero in the fight against untrammelled growth of datacenters which are notorious for using huge amounts of energy and water as they power the emerging industry of artificial intelligence. The Georgia bill seeks to halt all such projects until March of next year to allow state, county and municipal-level officials time to set necessary policies for regulating datacenters which permanently alter the landscape of our state, said bill sponsor state Democratic legislator Ruwa Romman.
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