AI data center moratorium passed before 2027?
Resolved1as of
This hub tracks 1 outcomes of this event, with the news signals that move them.
What are the odds right now?
Each outcome shows its current market price — the market-implied probability it happens. Click an outcome for its full market page.
What moved the odds?
29 AI-matched news signals available across this event, newest first. Entry price is the called side when the news hit; the signed return marks it against the outcome’s final price as of .
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill on Friday that would have made Maine the first U.S. state to temporarily ban the construction of data centers.
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have made it the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, citing disruption to jobs tied to an ongoing project. • • More Here →
Maine Governor: Moratorium is Appropriate Given the Impacts of Massive Data Centers in Other States on the Environment and on Electricity Rates
Data center moratorium gains traction among Hill progressives
Prioritising AI data centres could block new homes, builders warn
Musk’s xAI wins permit for data center’s makeshift power plant despite backlash
Hawley calls for support for his bill that would assure people that their energy rates won't go up by ensuring data centers build their own energy grids.
Sanders: I'm going to introduce legislation for a moratorium on data centers. Data centers are the infrastructure of AI. We are totally unprepared for what is coming. You are seeing now is literally a cognitive decline among young people in this country. Their attention spans…
FED’S LOGAN WARNED THAT DELAYED PRODUCTIVITY GAINS FROM AI COULD WORSEN ECONOMIC OVERHEATING, WHILE NOTING THAT THE POWER DEMAND FROM AI DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION IS SIGNIFICANT BUT NOT AS EXTREME AS EXPECTED.
Six US states now have bills to pause data center construction. New York just introduced a three-year moratorium.
Six US states now have bills to pause data center construction. New York just introduced a three-year moratorium.
US wants firms to commit to new AI data center compact, Politico reports
US wants firms to commit to new AI data center compact, Politico reports
From @WSJopinion: Congress shouldn’t stop AI innovation. We need to minimize its disruption, but calls for a moratorium are wrongheaded, writes @sliccardo.
NEW: lawmakers in New York rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few weeks alone
PJM, operator of the largest US grid, warned of a potential power supply shortfall of as much as 60 gigawatts over the next decade as data centers accelerate demand growth
[Replying to @Benzinga] > EXCLUSIVE: La Rosa Holdings $LRHC To Acquire Development Site For Up To 10K-Square-Feet Tier 3 AI Data Center; Planned Facility To Support Estimated IT Load Of ~1,500 KW
Fearing rising utility costs, job losses and privacy violations, residents have blocked or delayed data-center projects around the country
Largest US grid operator was authorized to divert power destined for data centers to households to prevent rolling blackouts. An order by Energy Secretary Chris Wright authorized PJM Interconnection to direct data centers to switch on back-up generators to reduce their burden on…
TRUMP ADMIN TAPS DATA CENTERS FOR EMERGENCY POWER US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has asked grid operators to use backup power from data centers as a massive winter storm threatens outages. While most data centers have their own backup systems, they rarely supply the grid, and…
The US government asked the nation’s grid operators to make backup power available from facilities including data centers as a record-breaking winter storm threatens blackouts across the country
Dems skeptical of Big Tech data center promises
Data centers that have lined up new electricity capacity for their facilities would get priority in connecting to the largest US power grid under a proposal by PJM
[Replying to @KobeissiLetter] @KobeissiLetter Space > US data centers will consume nearly 10% of the entire US power grid by 2030. This is 4 TIMES the percentage seen in China. We need more power. Immediately.
Fact check: true [Quoting @zerohedge]
> The data centers and AI giants are making billions as they drain the power grid dry and get indirect consumer subsidies in the form of 100% bill increases. It's time they allocate some of trillions in circle jerk funds to lowering electricity costs for everyone else
New York plans to require data center operators to shoulder more of the cost of powering their energy-hungry facilities, aiming to prevent surging electricity demand from pushing up household utility bills
USA RAIL TERMINALS OPENS MONROE, LOUISIANA RAIL HUB TO SUPPORT META AI DATA CENTER PROJECT
Microsoft’s Data Center Boom Meets Local Resistance
Data Centers Were 40% Of PJM Capacity Costs In Last Auction: Market Monitor
What is this event about?
This market will resolve to “Yes” if a bill erecting a qualifying moratorium that prohibits or suspends approvals for new AI data center construction or major expansions anywhere in the United States is passed into law by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
A qualifying moratorium go into effect against the construction of any facility described in the legal text as an AI data center, AI compute facility, AI training/inference data center, or similar. Any moratorium that applies to all “data centers” will also qualify.
The signing of such a bill will qualify regardless of the date such a moratorium actually comes into effect, or whether an injunction is put into place against qualifying legislation.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US Government. However, a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.