Make Big Tech Pay Its Own Power Bill. Don't Ban the Data Centers and Ship the AI Race Overseas.

Bernie Sanders wants a "national data center moratorium now." On Thursday, U.S. chip stocks had their worst day in years while Chinese tech shares rallied. Voters' anger over power bills is real — a ban is the wrong answer to it.

By Clara Hughes

Forty-eight hours after the midterms, the new Democratic majority's left wing already has its first big target: the American AI build-out. "National data center moratorium now," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote on X, CNBC reported Thursday. "Americans don't want Big Tech oligarchs wrecking the environment, gutting jobs and threatening humanity's future." Benzinga reported that Sanders pointed to 43 of 44 communities that voted for local moratoriums on Tuesday, and that he and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced an AI Data Center Moratorium Act in March. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., went further. She wrote that a pause on advanced AI development should be top of the Democratic agenda on day one, according to CNBC. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, amplified her post with one word: "Yes!" Wall Street heard them. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what