Data Center Moratorium

What would happen if we enacted a 10 year moratorium on new data centers or expanding existing data centers’ electrical capacity? Here’s what I think:

1. GPU and CPU manufacturers would have to pivot to optimizing power usage. The truth is, current hardware is extremely powerful right now so I don’t see a problem with this. Optimizing power draw would be good for everyone.
2. AI Labs would have to immediately pivot to make their models more VRAM and GPU efficient. I don’t see a problem with this either. In fact, DeekSeek v4 and 4.1 flash show that its very possible to do if given the effort.
3. We wouldn’t get superintelligent AI that destroys humanity or makes humanity redundant. At least, not for a little while longer. I really don’t see a problem here.
4. We wouldn’t have massive layoffs. At least, not for a little while. This would give us a chance to figure out the societal changes we need such as funding the arts, improving education, UBI, etc.
5. We’d maybe have fewer billionaires. Oh my.
6. DRAM prices might come down. Maybe. If they do, we’d start getting consumer/prosumer hardware that can run more powerful local models.

I only see benefits here.