legislator

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

United States

United States representative and sponsor of the House AI Data Center Moratorium Act.

Policy questions

Recorded interests

Compute & energy

Should AI data centres face growth controls?

Electricity, water, local consent and national competitiveness are turning compute infrastructure into a policy fight.

Policy asks

Connected outcomes

introduced

Pause new large AI data centres pending resource and security review

Pause construction or upgrading of covered AI data centres until Congress enacts specified safeguards and expressly terminates the moratorium.

Policy vehicles

bill · Introduced

H.R. 9442 · Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

A House bill proposing a conditional moratorium on construction or upgrading of covered AI data centres.

Event history

Recorded actions

2026-06-24
AI Data Center Moratorium Act introduced in the House
H.R. 9442 was introduced and referred to House committees.

Evidence

Passages linked to this actor

Direct sourceOpen evidence record

H.R. 9442 proposes a conditional moratorium on AI data centres

The bill would stop construction or upgrading of covered facilities until specified safeguards are enacted and Congress expressly ends the pause.

The construction or upgrading of new or existing artificial intelligence data centers may not commence or proceed until—

Congress.gov · H.R. 9442 · Section 3(b)

Direct sourceOpen evidence record

H.R. 9442 would require quarterly public infrastructure reporting

The bill directs the Energy Secretary to publish facility-level information on water, energy, emissions, labour and other impacts.

The Secretary of Energy shall— (A) submit to Congress quarterly reports on artificial intelligence data centers; and (B) make those quarterly reports publicly available.

Congress.gov · H.R. 9442 · Section 3(c)(1)