Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

September 17, 2026

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May 26, 2026

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing a moratorium on new AI data centers, while Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal want consumer rate protection.

May 24, 2026

Congress is moving too: Hawley-Blumenthal on ratepayer protection, Sanders-AOC on a moratorium, Kaine staking out pragmatist ground.

May 4, 2026

Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a moratorium to preserve a $550 million project in Jay; Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have proposed a federal moratorium; Pew found half of Democrats call data centers "mostly bad" for the environment.

April 16, 2026

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced federal moratorium legislation.

April 15, 2026

Senator Sanders and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez introduced a federal AI data center moratorium act, and at least 36 U.S. projects faced delays or blockages between May 2024 and June 2025, disrupting an estimated $162 billion in investment.

April 7, 2026

Meanwhile, the federal AI Data Center Moratorium Act from Sen. Sanders and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez aims to block new construction entirely.