Tell your governor: Data center moratorium now

AI holds real potential. But if we trash the planet to build massive data centers, any benefits will be wasted. From extreme energy use that’s extending the lives of fossil fuel plants to enormous water demand often from already-scarce sources, data centers are causing big problems.

If we don’t take time to make deliberate decisions about how to move forward, we could sacrifice far more than we stand to gain. We should hit the brakes on large data center construction until we can figure out what it looks like to get this right.

I urge you to pass a two year moratorium on the construction of data centers with over 50 megawatts of capacity.