Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

The six month moratorium on major electrical infrastructure projects is the latest tactic meant to delay the massive data center meant to support America’s nuclear weapons.

By Matthew Gault

August 20, 2026

Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

Photo by Andrew Hall / Unsplash

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Matthew Gault is a journalist who writes about weird tech and nuclear war. His work has been published at Vice, Reuters, The New York Times, and WIRED. He produces and co-hosts the Angry Planet podcast, a show about conflict he created in partnership with Reuters. He currently freelances and contributes regularly to 404 Media, where he writes about the dark side of the internet, AI, and defense tech.