Sen. Warner Proposes Data Center Tax for Worker Retraining, Calls AOC/Sanders Moratorium 'Idiocy'
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Sen. Mark Warner proposed taxing AI data centers and directing revenue toward worker retraining programs — nursing credentials, AI upskilling — while explicitly rejecting the Sanders/AOC data center construction moratorium as 'idiocy' that would cede ground to China. Warner argues the 'easiest place to extract the pound of flesh is probably going to be from the data centers' while keeping the US competitive in AI infrastructure. He previously introduced the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act requiring companies to report AI layoffs to the Department of Labor.