{"slug": "mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium", "title": "Mike Rogers calls for 1-year data center moratorium", "summary": "Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP nominee in Michigan's Senate race, called for a one-year moratorium on new data center construction, citing concerns over the facilities that power the AI boom. Rogers said he is pushing for the pause in a statement on Thursday.", "body_md": "Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP nominee in a critical Senate battle in Michigan, on Thursday called for a one-year pause on data center construction, the latest sign of the political toxicity of the server warehouses fueling the AI boom. Rogers said in a statement that he is pushing for a yearlong moratorium on new…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6042582-ai-infrastructure-political-toxicity-midterms/", "published_at": "2026-08-20 22:19:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 22:43:55.428004+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Mike Rogers"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-rogers-calls-for-1-year-data-center-moratorium.jsonld"}}