The city of Renton is looking to ban data centers from within the city limits.
At the June 1 meeting, the Renton City Council voted unanimously for the city administration to begin working on a moratorium on data centers in the city. Councilmember Kim-Khánh Văn proposed the motion.
“I am very concerned given AI is rapidly moving faster than what we can anticipate and someone who is an attorney who wants more data, I move to refer the matter of a moratorium on building data centers in the city of Renton to the administration,” Văn said…