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Cities Are Finally Saying No to the Data Center Land Grab Seattle just did something that felt unthinkable two years ago: it hit pause on data centers. Per Engadget, the Seattle City Council has approved a moratorium on the construction of large data centers, signaling that municipalities are starting to push back against the relentless appetite of Big Tech's infrastructure buildout. Meanwhile, General Motors isn't waiting for permission—the company is developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in data centers and the grid, betting that solving the power problem is how you win the right to build more of them. These…