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Seattle City Council will vote June 9th on a one-year moratorium on new data centers, just two months after companies proposed five large-scale facilities in the city. Amazon employees have joined other supporters in testifying for the moratorium, citing concerns about water consumption, electricity prices, and noise. The vote reflects growing tension between tech infrastructure expansion and local environmental and operational impacts.

OpenAI's chief revenue officer Denise Dresser sent an internal memo to employees outlining the company's competitive strategy, with a focus on user retention and enterprise growth. The memo emphasizes building defensibility around OpenAI's products to counter the ease with which users can switch between competing AI models. Dresser, who recently absorbed duties from former COO Brad Lightcap, stressed the importance of locking in users and expanding the enterprise business as key priorities for the company.