Fetterman slams AI data center moratorium proposal as 'China First'

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Sen. John Fetterman , D-Pa., pushed back against the prospect of imposing a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S., blasting the policy proposal as "China First." "The emerging chassis of AI must be built by America. We can put appropriate guardrails in place without handing the win on AI to China. A moratorium is China First," Fetterman asserted in a pos t on X. Fetterman included a screenshot of an Axios headline that read, "Sanders and AOC unveil data center moratorium bill." Citing concern over the impacts of AI and the infrastructure that powers it, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are pushing a bill to pause the construction and expansion of AI data centers around the U.S. FETTERMAN URGES FELLOW DEMOCRATS TO ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TAKES TOLL ON WORKERS "Our bills learn from our lack of regulation following the similar rise regarding the internet and demands a new approach to AI: One that protects the American people from Big Tech's egregious overreach… one that centers prosperity for the many over exorbitant profits for the very few," Ocasio-Cortez said during a press conference on Wednesday. During the press conference, the two lawmakers received a question about the notion that an AI data center moratorium would allow China to gain an advantage. "So I think in a sane world what happens is the leadership of the United States sits down with the leadership in China and leadership around the world to work together so that we don't go over the edge and create a technology which could perhaps destroy humanity," Sanders said . JOHN FETTERMAN, UNDER FIRE FROM FELLOW DEMOCRATS, BREAKS WITH THE PARTY'S DICTATES AND OFTEN SIDES WITH TRUMP "Once these companies can be on the up-and-up — providing their own energy, building out and investing in the infrastructure, refusing to free ride off of the American people — then we can continue to develop and explore this technology," Ocasio-Cortez…