Datacenters feel the Bern as Senator Sanders pushes bit barn building pause

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is calling for a nationwide moratorium on datacenter construction, saying it would "give democracy a chance to catch up … and make sure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the wealthiest people on Earth."

Sanders made the call for a datacenter delay in a video published on Tuesday on YouTube and other social media platforms that focuses on many common concerns that have been raised about the explosive growth of AI and the need to build massive, energy-sucking datacenters to power it. 

The Senator raised several points in his video, starting with the fact that the push to build datacenters and expand the reach of AI is driven by billionaires like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and the rest of the AI leadership cohort. 

"Do you believe that these guys, these multi-billionaires, are staying up nights worrying about what ...