Source: International Business Times
Amazon plans to spend $200 billion on capital expenditures this year, much of it directed toward AI infrastructure and data centers, while the company has eliminated more than 30,000 corporate positions since October. Amazon engineers publicly criticized the company's aggressive investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure during a Seattle City Council hearing on Wednesday as local officials moved forward with a proposal to temporarily halt the development of new large-scale data centers within city limits. The criticism took place during a meeting of the Seattle City Council's Land Use and Sustainability Committee, which unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new AI-focused data center projects while the city studies their potential impact on infrastructure, utility systems, public health and the local economy.
