Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected at age 29, making her the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She is known for her progressive policy positions, including the Green New Deal, and has recently focused on the environmental and community impacts of AI data centers, including sponsoring legislation to impose a moratorium on new data center construction.
“Progressives led by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez have been at the front of the pack.”
Source→“Ocasio-Cortez said Congress should launch investigations into the impact of data centers on water quality — framed around brown, polluted water she held up in jars during a congressional hearing, attributed to the area near a Meta data center in Morgan County, Georgia.”
Source→“AOC's water jar stunt — water from near 'a Meta data center' in Morgan County, Georgia — went viral and became the defining image of congressional hearings on data center environmental impact.”
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