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NJ Lawmaker Pushes AI Data Center Halt Amid Power Crisis

6/25/2026

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Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) urged an AI data center moratorium on June 24, 2026, pending committee action.
The proposal mirrors bans in Asbury Park and New Brunswick, New Jersey.
A Berkeley Lab report notes electricity use for data centers doubled from 2017 to 2023, may exceed 15 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030, ratepayers paid over $9 billion last year for AI data-center power, and the EPA fast-tracks PFAS chemicals, raising health concerns.

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Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) urged an AI data center moratorium on June 24, 2026, pending committee action.
The proposal mirrors bans in Asbury Park and New Brunswick, New Jersey.
A Berkeley Lab report notes electricity use for data centers doubled from 2017 to 2023, may exceed 15 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030, ratepayers paid over $9 billion last year for AI data-center power, and the EPA fast-tracks PFAS chemicals, raising health concerns.