Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Question on a moratorium on data center projects and a slowdown in the development of AI
Statement made by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on July 22, 2026. Topic: Siting and Land. The observatory also publishes quotes from 9 other public figures on this topic.
Are you in favor of a moratorium on data center projects and a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence?
Original quote (French)
Êtes vous favorable à un moratoire sur les projets de data center et à un ralentissement du développement de l’intelligence artificielle ?Source: melenchon.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Ten-year programming laws covering data centers, supercomputers and semiconductors
- Bruno Retailleau: Raising sovereign computing capacity to around 1 GW by 2030, then toward 4 GW in 2035-2038
- Delphine Batho: Subjecting the proliferation of data centers to collective debate
- Dominique de Villepin: Require priority siting of data centers on brownfield sites
- François Ruffin: Regulate data center siting by favoring French groups with state capital
- Gabriel Attal: Raising Europe's share of global computing power from 3% to 20%
- Marine Tondelier: Bringing data centers back within the scope of the Commission nationale du débat public
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Having mega data-processing and hosting centers that produce heat
- Xavier Bertrand: States that France can impose its conditions on data centers located on its soil
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