{"slug": "rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction", "title": "Rogers pushing for 1-year pause on data center construction", "summary": "Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP nominee in Michigan's Senate race, called for a one-year moratorium on data center construction, citing the political toxicity of the server warehouses that fuel the AI boom.", "body_md": "{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Mike Rogers calls for one-year data center moratorium 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.…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/homenews/6042671-rogers-pushing-for-one-year-pause-on-data-center-construction/", "published_at": "2026-08-20 23:04:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 23:43:50.033375+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Mike Rogers"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rogers-pushing-for-1-year-pause-on-data-center-construction.jsonld"}}