Burgum: Sanders data center moratorium would be like waving ‘surrender flag’ to China
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by Ashleigh FieldsFebruary 26, 2026
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) proposal for a national moratorium on data centers, deeming the idea as an intentional “surrender” to China amid their rapid development of artificial intelligence. “A moratorium on data centers would — would be like, we might as well wave the surrender flag to China…
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Originally published on The Hill on 2/26/2026