The number of bans being enacted against data centers is increasing across the U.S., with one tracker listing 14 new bans from March to April. According to the U.S. Data Center Moratorium Tracker , there are currently 50 active bans across different jurisdictions, with an addition of four local governments enacting a permanent ban in their area of responsibility. There are also three proposed bans, plus several more in various stages, including those in the process of creating a new ban, exploring the possibility of a ban, and some with expired bans. Many AI hyperscalers in the U.S. are rushing to build data centers across the nation, especially as they rush to become the dominant force in AI. However, this unbridled investment in data centers is resulting in shortages of various resources. We’re currently in the midst of a massive memory and storage chip shortage, and we soon might see a CPU shortage , especially as AI inference workloads increase.…