Cuando los tecnobros quieren meternos en una carrera rápida y violenta, bajarse del carro y ponerse al lado del camino es la mejor idea.
El caso de Estados Unidos pidiendo moratorias es esclarecedor: se ha convertido la resistencia contra los centros de datos en un debate público, y un eje de la campaña electoral. Nosotras solemos bromear que la única cosa que ponen de acuerdo a todos los estadounidenses, independientemente de su color político es su amor por Dolly Parton, su odio por los centros de datos.
Ejemplo de ello, es que en las elecciones midterms de 2026, donde Trump ha sufrido una enorme derrota, también se estaban votando varios referendums para la moratoria sobre los centros de datos. Y el dato es demoledor: De 40 votaciones, 39 moratorias y una solo a favor de los centros de datos.
Aquí se puede observar el gráfico de «Data Centers on the Ballot», realizado por Red Bud Consulting. Resultados que se suman a la enorme cantidad de evidencia de rechazo a la ciudadanía a los centros de datos.
Si observamos la cantidad de medidas relacionadas con Centros de Datos en los últimos años es cada vez mayor. Ponemos los ejemplos de moratorias que se estaban pidiendo para este 3 de Noviembre [Fuente]:
- Prohibit data centers in the city
- Prohibit new data centers from being approved, constructed, expanded, or operated within Edgewater
- Advise the city to impose a moratorium on building large-scale data centers
- Advise officials to permit the construction and operation of new data centers in the township
- Advise officials to permit the construction and operation of new data centers in the township
- Advise the city to approve the construction of AI data centers
- Advise county to impose restrictions on building and operating data centers
- Advise officials to permit the construction and operation of new data centers in the township
- Advise officials to permit the construction and operation of new data centers in the township
- Prohibit construction of High Impact Data Centers and Type 2 and Type 3 battery energy storage systems
- Prohibits the construction of high impact data centers in the city
- Prohibit the construction of data centers that use more than 25 megawatts of power
- Prohibit data centers with an area of 25,000 square feet or more
- Adopt a 180-day moratorium on data center development and permitting
- Establish a 180-day moratorium on data center development
- Establish a six-month moratorium on applications for new or expanded data centers
- Require additional review before city approval of industrial developments, including data centers
- Advise support for data centers in Downe Township
- Allow data centers within the Eldorado Valley Transfer Area
- Uphold a term summary to guide negotiations between the Village of Ashville and EdgeConneX regarding two data center
- Prohibit the construction of data centers with an aggregate monthly electrical demand or peak load greater than 25 megawatts
- Prohibit the construction of data centers with an aggregate demand or peak load greater than 25 megawatts
- Prohibit the construction of data centers
- Require voter approval for developments, expansions, or property transfers involving at least 50 contiguous acres, more than 20 megawatts of peak electrical demand, or more than 500,000 gallons of water per day
- Prohibit data centers within city limits
- Establish zoning regulations in unincorporated areas
- Advise officials to allow data center development within the village limits
- Prohibit the construction of data centers with an aggregate monthly demand or peak load greater than 25 megawatts
- Prohibit the construction of large-scale data centers
- Require hyperscale data center developers seeking special tax incentives to provide financial guarantees
- Amend the Piqua City Charter to prohibit the construction of a data center in the city
- Establish zoning regulations in unincorporated areas
- Prohibit the construction of data centers with an aggregate monthly demand or peak electrical load greater than 25 megawatts
- Prohibit the construction of large-scale data centers
- Prohibit the construction of a data center
- Prohibit the construction of data centers within city limits
- Uphold the rezoning of 65.29 acres at 1957 SR 730 from Rural Residential to Light Industrial
- Uphold the rezoning of 191.12 acres on McGuinn Road from Rural Residential to Light Industrial
- Uphold the rezoning of 119.373 acres on SR 730 from Rural Residential to Light Industrial
- Uphold the rezoning of 170.11 acres on US 68 South from Rural Residential to Light Industrial
- Require voter approval before the city may lease, sell, transfer, or approve development of the undeveloped GM/JATCO site if the total project costs exceed $450 million
Así pues, consideramos que es el momento adecuado para pedir una moratoria europea.