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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Amazon Employees Back Seattle Push to Pause AI Data Centres
Caption: Amazon Employees Back Seattle Push to Pause AI Data Centres. Amazon employees are backing a proposal for Seattle to impose a one-year moratorium on big data centres, arguing that the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is outpacing public safeguards. The proposal comes after developers approached the city about building five data centres that could consume up to 369 megawatts of electricity, about one-third of Seattle's average daily demand. Members of the group Amazon Employees for Climate Justice testified that the AI boom is driving unsustainable growth in energy-intensive infrastructure, damaging public services. They called for stricter transparency requirements, renewable-energy mandates, public reporting of water and electricity use, and worker-led oversight of AI systems. Several employees also criticised Amazon and other technology companies for investing hundreds of billions of dollars in AI while simultaneously cutting thousands of jobs. According to the workers, cities should have a greater role in determining how AI infrastructure is developed and whether it delivers tangible public benefits. The dispute is particularly significant because Seattle is home to Amazon and one of the world's largest concentrations of cloud-computing and AI talent. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,data centres,employees,Amazon,criticism,moratorium,AI,infrastructure,Climate Justice,public,local resources,City Hall,water,electricity,damages,reductions,dismissal,safeguards,expansion
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