Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected
Big Tech Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights." By Ian Carlos Campbell Aug. 6, 2026 6:10 pm EST Alex Wong/Getty Images Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) has introduced a new resolution calling on the House of Representatives to preserve local communities' ability to reject data center projects near their homes. The resolution's pitch for a "Data Center Bill of Rights" follows several state-level attempts to block or pause data center projects, including a one-year data center moratorium in New York.
- ▪Big Tech Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights." By Ian Carlos Campbell Aug.
- ▪6, 2026 6:10 pm EST Alex Wong/Getty Images Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) has introduced a new resolution calling on the House of Representatives to preserve local communities' ability to reject data center projects near their homes.
- ▪The resolution's pitch for a "Data Center Bill of Rights" follows several state-level attempts to block or pause data center projects, including a one-year data center moratorium in New York.
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- ▪ The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers — The Verge
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Big Tech Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights." By Ian Carlos Campbell Aug. 6, 2026 6:10 pm EST Alex Wong/Getty Images Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) has introduced a new resolution calling on the House of Representatives to preserve local communities' ability to reject data center projects near their homes. The resolution's pitch for a "Data Center Bill of Rights" follows several state-level attempts to block or pause data center projects, including a one-year data center moratorium in New York. The idea behind Khanna's resolution is to protect people's ability to regulate data center development, "without being preempted or overruled by the State," the measure says.
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