Democratic House Candidate Randy Villegas Calls for Moratorium on New Data Centers in Central Valley
Randy Villegas, the Democratic challenger for California’s 22nd Congressional District, is advocating for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in the San Joaquin Valley. This call comes in response to growing community concerns and a broader national debate regarding the environmental and economic impacts of data centers. Villegas, who is challenging Republican Representative David Valadao, has released a platform outlining measures for greater congressional oversight of data centers. His five-point plan includes requiring data centers to pay the full cost of electricity, protecting water resources, utilizing union labor for construction, funding local schools with revenue generated by data centers, and regulating how corporations use data and artificial intelligence. The proposal follows a town hall in Bakersfield where Villegas discussed his plans, and it addresses local skepticism surrounding projects like those proposed by Global Stack LLC, which refers to its facilities as 'resilience' systems ra... 
