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

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from the

Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
The Verge โ€” 9 June 2026
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On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from the city's biggest tech giant, Amazon, who joined others to testify in [โ€ฆ]

This report comes from The Verge. The story centres on Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from The Verge and related outlets covering this beat.

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