NEW: Seattle just banned the construction of new data centers after threat of 369 megawatt demand from potential new facilities. But the bill still allows existing ones to grow, in a doomsday scenario demanding more than the usage inspiring the moratorium. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
Seattle just became the largest City in the country to pass a moratorium on new, large-scale data centers, banning construction to buy the City time to regulate an industry growing at break-neck speed...