Amazon comes out swinging against data center moratoriums, warning the ‘consequences would last generations’

Amazon is sounding the alarm over mounting public pushback to data center development across the United States, warning that it could cost the nation ground in the global AI race.

In a more than 3,000-word blog post published on Friday, Amazon cloud chief Matt Garman argued that the “consequences would last generations” from a widespread halt to data center construction in the US.

“There is urgency to this data center buildout because we aren’t the only country that sees the benefits of AI for the economy and national security, and the countries that lead in AI will shape it and get the most from it in the short and long run,” the CEO of Amazon Web Services wrote.

He added, “The choices we make today will determine that outcome, and a lapse in our nation’s focus or resolve could put us behind, and potentially irreparably so.”

Garman said that more than 100 data center moratoriums are being considered across the country, and if the measures are…