Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council volition ballot connected whether to enact a one-year moratorium connected caller information centers - conscionable 2 months aft respective companies projected gathering 5 large-scale centers successful the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are existent employees from the city's biggest tech giant, Amazon, who joined others to attest successful enactment of the argumentation past week.

Data centers person sparked protests across the country implicit concerns astir h2o consumption, section energy prices, and noise. In Seattle and the surrounding King County, the contented is coming to a head. If the metropolis assembly votes successful favour of a moratorium connected June 9th …

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