MAGA's Mace Wants to Make Power Bills Great Again, Calls for Datacenter Moratorium

MAGA's Mace wants to make power bills great again, calls for datacenter moratorium

Opposition to datacenters: it's not just for the Bernie Sanders crowd anymore. An arch-conservative running for the governorship of a solidly Republican state has called for a datacenter moratorium in one of the clearest signs yet that the tech sector is facing a backlash against its AI ambitions. US Representative and gubernatorial candidate Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Monday called for a one-year moratorium on new datacenter projects in her state, sa…

South Carolina Calls for One-Year Moratorium on New Data Centers – tEDmag

Every new facility brings with it growing pressure on utility companies to recover costly expenses from ratepayers.

New SC data centers: Nancy Mace calls for moratorium

CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 18, 2026) – Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) called for a one-year moratorium on new SC data centers construction in South Carolina, putting Big Tech on notice: South Carolina families will not foot the bill for their massive energy demands. “South Carolina is not Big Tech’s personal power grid,” said Congresswoman Mace. “These companies are planting massive data centers across our state, driving up energy demand, and…