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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Summary

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a U.S. Representative from New York who co-announced and later introduced the House companion to the AI Data Center Moratorium Act and served on the 118th Congress House AI Task Force.

Verified Facts

  • Official House biography states that she was sworn in in January 2019 as the youngest woman and youngest Latina ever to serve in Congress, after graduating from Boston University with degrees in Economics and International Relations.1
  • On March 25, 2026, Senator Bernie Sanders's office announced the AI Data Center Moratorium Act with Ocasio-Cortez.2
  • On June 24, 2026, her office announced House introduction of the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act as a companion to Sanders's Senate bill, described as a temporary prohibition on new data-center construction and expansion until Congress addresses economic, environmental, and safety impacts of AI.3
  • Rep. Jay Obernolte's Task Force page lists Ocasio-Cortez among the 24 members of the 118th Congress House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.4

Key Legislation and Oversight

Historical Context

Ocasio-Cortez's moratorium work sits on a broader climate, labor, and tech-accountability record. She served on the 2024 House AI Task Force, which framed AI as U.S. innovation leadership plus guardrails, then co-led a 2026 pause on data-center buildout with Sanders. Those are distinct agendas; membership on the Task Force does not imply she endorsed every recommendation in its report.

Relevance to Open Source and Software Companies

A federal freeze on AI data-center construction or upgrades would reach cloud providers, frontier labs, and open-weight hosts that need new U.S. compute. The House bill's announced reporting mandates on energy, water, wastewater, and worker compensation would also create disclosure duties for operators.

Relationships

  • PERSON-ALEXANDRIA-OCASIO-CORTEZ cites SRC-AOC-BIO.
  • PERSON-ALEXANDRIA-OCASIO-CORTEZ cites SRC-AOC-AI-DATA-CENTER-MORATORIUM.
  • PERSON-ALEXANDRIA-OCASIO-CORTEZ related_to PERSON-BERNIE-SANDERS.
  • PERSON-ALEXANDRIA-OCASIO-CORTEZ affiliated_with ORG-HOUSE-AI-TASK-FORCE.

Sources

  1. SRC-AOC-BIO: About | Representative Ocasio-Cortez.
  2. SRC-SANDERS-AI-DATA-CENTER-MORATORIUM: NEWS Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Announce AI Data Center Moratorium Act.
  3. SRC-AOC-AI-DATA-CENTER-MORATORIUM: Ocasio-Cortez Introduces House Version of the AI Data Center Moratorium Act.
  4. SRC-HOUSE-AI-TASK-FORCE-2024: The House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Final Report.

Research Debt

  • Add a dedicated Congress.gov / GPO source record for H.R. 9442.
  • Corroborate biography claims with the House History, Art & Archives concise biography.
  • Document committee assignments from Clerk of the House listings.

Document metadata

  • Last verified: 2026-09-17

  1. SRC-AOC-BIO — About | Representative Ocasio-Cortez. Official House biography; self-reported. ↩

  2. SRC-SANDERS-AI-DATA-CENTER-MORATORIUM — Official Senate press release (March 25, 2026). ↩

  3. SRC-AOC-AI-DATA-CENTER-MORATORIUM — Official House press release (June 24, 2026). Proposed legislation, not enacted. Congress.gov records H.R. 9442. ↩

  4. SRC-HOUSE-AI-TASK-FORCE-2024 — Official House Task Force announcement page. ↩