Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | When we were just joined by Nikki Kelly from Indiana Capital Chronicle, she mentioned something about data centers. |
| 0:09.0 | And if data centers are driving up our power bills, that clearly needs fixing. |
| 0:14.0 | But, but this is the big but shutting everything down also seems like overkill. And now you've got AOC along with Bernie Sanders, |
| 0:24.1 | and they just introduced a bill targeting AI data centers. And the main idea is to pause or put a |
| 0:32.0 | moratorium on building any new AI data centers across the country. |
| 0:37.9 | Why do they want to do this? |
| 0:38.9 | Well, because data centers use huge amounts of electricity. |
| 0:43.0 | And they're rising everyone's electricity bills. |
| 0:46.3 | It's got a huge environmental impact as well. |
| 0:49.8 | And also they're mentioning AI's broader effects |
| 0:53.1 | on jobs and society. |
| 0:55.0 | So AOC was recently asked about this and she gave her thoughts on AI. |
| 1:02.0 | So, you know, I don't think those efforts are working on behalf of the administration. |
| 1:07.0 | As far as AI, I do not regularly integrate it into my daily life, but I know many people do. I think |
| 1:15.9 | our job tends to be a little bit more. For me, my job, a lot of my job is quite writing-based, |
| 1:21.6 | and I like to do my own. So she says that she's old-fashioned and many lawmakers who don't use AI. |
| 1:31.0 | Aren't they unqualified to talk about AI then? |
| 1:33.6 | I mean, she's just saying, I don't use it in my daily life, but yet she's introducing |
| 1:38.1 | bills that affect it. |
| 1:39.9 | It's almost like she's virtue signaling. |
| 1:42.5 | Wouldn't that be something, huh? |
| 1:44.2 | A Democrat and a liberal virtue signaling. |
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