# data center moratorium — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover data center moratorium. Page: Feed: --- ## [A note from Rome, climate migration in Ohio, Lake Mead hits lowest level, cities writing AI surveillance rules — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/a-note-from-rome-climate-migration) _2026-08-15 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and American prosperity ## [I'm very skeptical that China has played a meaningful role in the US data center backlash](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/im-very-skeptical-that-china-has) _2026-08-08 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ The evidence we have is pretty weak ## [A note from Venice, Santa Monica tackles homelessness, wildfires force Spokane evacuations, Texas halts data center grid connections — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/a-note-from-venice-santa-monica-tackles) _2026-08-07 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and American prosperity ## [New home sales rise, Minnesota cyber attack, Seattle fails its residents, MOCO data center moratorium — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/new-home-sales-rise-minnesota-cyber) _2026-07-31 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and American prosperity ## [Baltimore Isn’t What You Think](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/baltimore-isnt-what-you-think) _2026-07-27 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Inside the data behind one of the steepest homicide declines of any major American city ## [Housing starts up, flash flooding, NYC PIT crew — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/housing-starts-up-flash-flooding) _2026-07-24 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and American prosperity ## [Pittsburgh and San Diego Receive Global Accolades](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/pittsburgh-and-san-diego-receive) _2026-07-20 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ The airports in both cities earn their spot on the Prix Versailles ## [Missouri innovation districts, Cleveland's lakefront art, Central Texas floods, New York data center moratorium — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/missouri-innovation-districts-clevelands) _2026-07-17 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and American prosperity ## [The 10 Worst States to Live In... Or the Best?](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/the-10-worst-states-to-live-in-or) _2026-07-13 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ How CNBC's new rankings line up with The Geography of Prosperity ## [NYC language map, new heat dome, Illinois signs nation's strictest AI law — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/nyc-language-map-new-heat-dome-illinois) _2026-07-10 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and prosperity with a focus on population, climate, and artificial intelligence ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/E61oIZzIpbqm) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [Toward liberal environmentalism](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/toward-environmental-liberalism) _2026-07-10 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ The underlying normative claim of my environmental writing ## [A conversation with my city planner friend Curtis on a recent data center moratorium in Holyoke MA](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-conversation-with-my-city-planner) _2026-07-07 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ I recorded a conversation with my friend Curtis who until a few years ago was a city planner in Holyoke MA and had a lot of thoughts on a recent data center moratorium there. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205715849/b263370ee28759b3c6419122e5305eae.mp3) ## [Birthright holds, heat wave grips nation, AI stress test — and more](https://populationnext.substack.com/p/birthright-holds-heat-wave-grips) _2026-07-03 · Bradley Schurman · Population Next_ Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and prosperity with a focus on population, climate, and artificial intelligence ## [AI art as curation](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/ai-art-as-curation) _2026-07-03 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Asking whether AI art involves real creativity mostly misses what's interesting about it ## [What does it mean for AI to be democratic?](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/what-does-it-mean-for-ai-to-be-democratic) _2026-06-21 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Some pushback on a specific fuzzy idea with some ominous implications ## [A plug for a tool I made to show how little most current AI chatbots add to your emissions and water use, with citations](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-plug-for-a-tool-i-made-to-show) _2026-06-11 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Take this and share it, you don't need to mention me ## [A simple trick to fix the data center debate](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-simple-trick-to-fix-the-data-center) _2026-06-06 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Remove the status quo bias by asking "would we spend this much in tax revenue to avoid the externalities of the data center?" ## [Why I think panic about local impacts of data centers is just a panic](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/why-i-think-panic-about-local-impacts) _2026-06-04 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ A request for counter examples ## [A history of the data center panic - part 1](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-history-of-the-data-center-panic) _2026-05-20 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Pre-ChatGPT and the creation of common wisdom ## [A crash course on US air pollution](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-crash-course-on-us-air-pollution) _2026-05-19 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Data centers and air pollution - part 1 ## [Every Channel. 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Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Let's not compare data center heat exhaust to nuclear bombs](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/lets-not-compare-data-center-heat) _2026-05-11 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Why dropping hundreds of nuclear bombs on Washington DC every day is pretty normal ## [Data center land use issues are fake](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/data-center-land-use-issues-are-fake) _2026-05-02 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ We have plenty of land, data centers provide more revenue per unit area than any other building, and we should have way less farmland ## [To be clear, I do understand how sound works](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/to-be-clear-i-do-understand-how-sound) _2026-04-24 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ Replying to a criticism of my last post ## [Contra Benn Jordan, data center (and all) sub-audible infrasound issues are fake](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/contra-benn-jordan-data-center-and) _2026-04-19 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ One of the most popular videos made about data centers ever is a complete moment-by-moment disaster ## [Training AI models doesn't emit that much](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/training-ai-models-doesnt-emit-that) _2026-04-12 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ If we just make reasonable comparisons instead of crazy ones ## [What's blocking Waymo in DC and how can we fix it?](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/whats-blocking-waymo-in-dc-and-how) _2026-04-03 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ The very late DDOT report is only part of the story ## [Data centers' heat exhaust is not raising the land temperature around where they're built](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/data-centers-heat-exhaust-is-not) _2026-03-31 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ A terrible paper and even worse interpretation is threatening to become common wisdom ## [A call for more specific and numerate climate communication](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/a-call-for-more-specific-and-numerate) _2026-03-11 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ There's too much low-hanging fruit going unpicked, and it's relatively easy to pick ## [AI can obviously create new knowledge](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/ai-can-obviously-create-new-knowledge) _2025-12-08 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ But maybe not new concepts ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lZx9XQaezOZm) _2025-12-08 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Empire of AI is wildly misleading about AI water use](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/empire-of-ai-is-wildly-misleading) _2025-11-16 · Andy Masley · Andy Masley_ And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong