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Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom

todayJanuary 26, 2026

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Southern state becoming ground zero in fight against rapid growth of facilities using huge amounts of energy and water

Lawmakers in several states are exploring passing laws that would put statewide bans in place on building new datacenters as the issue of the power-hungry facilities has moved to the center of economic and environmental concerns in the US.

In Georgia a state lawmaker has introduced a bill proposing what could become the first statewide moratorium on new datacenters in America. The bill is one of at least three statewide moratoriums on datacenters introduced in state legislatures in the last week as Maryland and Oklahoma lawmakers are also considering similar measures.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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