Francesca Hong: “There is federal legislation that has just been introduced…”

“I will say that we stand firmly on the legislation that we introduced to put a moratorium on the construction of new AI data centers. There is federal legislation that has just been introduced by Senator Standers and Representative Ocasio Cortez. And this is in response to folks having genuine concerns around the growth of AI and the loss of jobs, the compromise to rate hikes for electricity and water bills, and also what this means for our natural resources.” (16:42–16:50)

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