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Amazon Workers Say Data Center Testimony Prompted Interrogation

Amazon Workers Say Data Center Testimony Prompted Interrogation
Bloomberg Technology Thursday 18 June 2026, 16:00 UTC By Matt Day 1 min read
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Big Tech Amazon Workers Say Data Center Testimony Prompted Interrogation Three Amazon.com Inc. workers say the company violated a Seattle ordinance by interrogating them after they testified in favor of regulation of data centers in the city. Darius Irani, Patrick Schloesser and Liesl Wigand, members of an employee group that has pushed the company to prioritize environmental matters, spoke earlier this month at public hearings before Seattle legislative committees then considering a...

Big Tech Amazon Workers Say Data Center Testimony Prompted Interrogation Three Amazon.com Inc. workers say the company violated a Seattle ordinance by interrogating them after they testified in favor of regulation of data centers in the city. Darius Irani, Patrick Schloesser and Liesl Wigand, members of an employee group that has pushed the company to prioritize environmental matters, spoke earlier this month at public hearings before Seattle legislative committees then considering a moratorium on new large-scale data center construction in the city. The city council subsequently unanimously enacted a one-year pause on new data centers while Seattle reviews their impact.
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