A group of more than 250 environmental organizations is asking Congress to stop building new energy-hungry data centers.

In a letter to Congress, environmental organizations, including Greenpeace USA and Friends of the Earth US, called for a national moratorium on the approval and construction of new data centers.

“The rapid, largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security,” the letter penned by the Food & Water Watch said. “We urge you to join our call for a national moratorium on new data centers until adequate regulations can be enacted to fully protect our communities, our families, our environment and our health from the runaway damage

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