The Verge
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Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
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Seattle City Council is voting on a one-year moratorium on new data centers, supported by Amazon employees and others concerned about environmental impacts including water consumption and electricity prices.
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from the city's biggest tech giant, Amazon, who joined others to testify in support of the policy last week.
Data centers have sparked protests across the country over concerns about water consumption, local electricity prices,
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