My AI broadly agrees with Arvind's AI: state-level data center bans have very little impact overall on AI progress.
If your concern is AI development, concentration of power, future use, or anything else other than "is a datacenter near me," this is not a substitute for policy.
What impact do data center bans or moratoria have on AI progress? Let's do some napkin math. A number such as "1 GW of capacity blocked" can be unintuitive. But...