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S-4214 — Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act This bill prohibits building or upgrading artificial intelligence (AI) data centers until laws regulating AI and AI data centers are enacted. It also restricts the export of AI-related computing hardware to countries without similar laws in effect. Specifically, no AI data center may be constructed or upgraded until laws are enacted (1) subjecting AI products to prerelease federal review and approval for safety and effectiveness, and (2) ensuring that AI-related e…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Primary sourceCongressOriginal public record linked

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Disclosure & reporting · Moratorium · Water standard

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers. Measures or limits how much water a data center draws for cooling, and how local scarcity is weighed in approvals.

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Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

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Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 2Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordreferred to: Committee named in the latest legislative actionsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: authoritative billPolicy recordS-4214Artificial Intelligence Dat…S-4214: Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…Explicit record textCertification & Standards: Explicit record textPolicy themeJob CreationExplicit record textJob Creation: Explicit record textPolicy themeCarbonAI-assisted policy themeCarbon: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceCongressOriginal public sourceCongress: Original public sourceDocumented actorCommercecommitteeCommerce: committeeDocumented actorBernard SanderspersonBernard Sanders: personPolicy familyArtificial Intelligenc…USArtificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act: US

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