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00:02Amazon engineers appeared at Seattle City Council hearings on Wednesday
00:05to support a proposed moratorium on large-scale AI data center construction.
00:08The engineers, members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice,
00:11cited Amazon's plan to spend $200 billion on capital expenditures this year,
00:14mostly for AI infrastructure, while the company has cut 30,000 corporate jobs since October.
00:18Seattle's Land Use and Sustainability Committee unanimously approved a one-year moratorium
00:22on new large-scale AI data centers.
00:24Seattle joins a growing list of cities and states pushing back on data center expansion.
00:27According to Data Center Watch, at least $156 billion in data center projects
00:31were blocked or delayed in 2025 amid local opposition.
00:33Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are spending roughly $700 billion
00:37on AI infrastructure this year, while simultaneously cutting costs through layoffs.
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