数据中心成美国中期选举关键议题，选民反对声高涨
How data centers became a major issue in the midterms
Y ISSUES DIVIDING VOTERS THIS MIDTERM SEASON, ONE SEEMS TO BE UNITING THEM -- OPPOSITION TO AI DATA CENTERS. CANDIDATES WHO'VE TAKEN NOTICE ARE RACING TO SHAPE POLICY AROUND THESE CENTERS, WHICH COULD BE A DEFINING ISSUE IN SOME RACES. LISA DESJARDINS HAS MORE. LISA: IT IS NATIONAL. FROM MINNESOTA --
在本次中期选举中，选民们分歧众多，但有一个问题似乎让他们团结起来——反对AI数据中心。注意到这一点的候选人正竞相围绕这些中心制定政策，这可能会成为某些竞选中的决定性议题。丽莎·德雅尔丹带来报道。丽莎：这是全国性的。从明尼苏达州开始——
WE'RE AFRAID FOR OUR LIVES. LISA: TO VIRGINIA, VOTERS ARE CONCERNED --
我们为自己的生命感到恐惧。丽莎：到弗吉尼亚州，选民们表示担忧——
WE DO NOT WANT A DATA CENTER IN THIS COUNTY! LISA: AND SOME, LIKE HERE IN NEW JERSEY, OUTRAGED.
我们不希望这个县有数据中心！丽莎：还有一些人，比如在新泽西州这里，感到愤怒。
YOU CAN EITHER END THIS PROJECT, RESIGN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, OR WE WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN, NATURE, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DESTROYING [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LISA: THIS ANGER IS OVER MASSIVE, HUMMING BUILDINGS -- AI DATA CENTERS. LOCAL CRITICS SAY THESE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES -- WHICH HOUSE FIELDS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTERS - ARE LOUD, DECREASE PROPERTY VALUE, AND SUCTION OFF ENERGY AND WATER, HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT AND RAISING UTILITY BILLS.
你要么终止这个项目，立即辞职，要么我们将采取法律行动保护孩子、自然以及你们正在摧毁的一切【欢呼和掌声】丽莎：这种愤怒源于那些庞大、嗡嗡作响的建筑——AI数据中心。当地批评者称，这些容纳着成排人工智能计算机的工业设施噪音大、降低房产价值，并且消耗大量能源和水资源，损害环境并推高水电费。
POLLING SHOWS OPPOSITION RISING FAST -- AT 49% IN AN ANNENBERG POLL FOUR MONTHS AGO. THIS MONTH, THAT SHOT TO 61%. THOSE RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE -- ESPECIALLY DEMOCRATS -- ARE GALVANIZING THE ISSUE.
民调显示反对情绪迅速上升——四个月前安嫩伯格民调中为49%。本月，这一比例飙升至61%。那些竞选公职的人——尤其是民主党人——正在利用这一问题动员选民。
BIG COMPANIES HAVE COME BEFORE, TAKE WHAT THEY WANTED AND LEFT WITH THEIR MESS TO CLEAN IT UP. NOW IT'S DATA CENTERS.
大公司以前来过，拿走他们想要的东西，留下烂摊子让我们收拾。现在轮到数据中心了。
BILLIONAIRES WANT TO TURN THIS WHOLE FIELD INTO A MASSIVE DATA CENTER.
亿万富翁想把这片田地变成巨大的数据中心。
JOHN HUSTED SPENT YEARS AGGRESSIVELY RECRUITING DATA CENTERS TO THE STATE. LISA: A RECENT "WASHINGTON POST" ANALYSIS FOUND THAT CANDIDATES IN AT LEAST 45 STATES HAVE MENTIONED AI ON THEIR CAMPAIGN WEBSITES -- AND DATA CENTERS ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF AI POLICIES DISCUSSED BY FAR.
约翰·赫斯特德多年来积极吸引数据中心到该州。丽莎：《华盛顿邮报》最近的一项分析发现，至少45个州的候选人在竞选网站上提到了AI——而数据中心在讨论的AI政策中占最大份额。
DATA CENTER PRODUCTION AND ENERGY USE IN TEXAS IS SKYROCKETING TO MEET AI'S NEEDS. LISA: IN THE TEXAS RACE FOR GOVERNOR, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE GINA HINOJOSA HAS MADE THE CENTERS A CENTRAL ISSUE, ATTACKING HER OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
得克萨斯州的数据中心生产和能源使用量飙升，以满足AI的需求。丽莎：在得克萨斯州州长竞选中，民主党候选人吉娜·伊诺霍萨将数据中心作为核心议题，攻击她的对手、共和党现任州长格雷格·阿博特。
HE'S BACKPEDALING AND PEOPLE SEE IT AS AN ELECTION TIME POLITICAL PLOY. LISA: ABBOTT LAST YEAR DECLARED HIS STATE WOULD BE THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR GOOGLE AI DATA CENTERS, BUT HE HAS CHANGED HIS TUNE. EARLIER THIS MONTH HE MADE TEXAS THE SECOND STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO PUT A PAUSE ON DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION.
他在退缩，人们认为这是选举时的政治伎俩。丽莎：阿博特去年宣布他的州将成为谷歌AI数据中心的全球中心，但他改变了态度。本月早些时候，他让得克萨斯州成为全国第二个暂停数据中心建设的州。
THEY HAD NOT BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE, HAD NOT BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SO THEY BASICALLY DUG THEIR OWN GRAVE. LISA: IN PENNSYLVANIA, DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO HAS ALSO CHANGED HIS VIEWS.
他们没有与州政府合作，也没有与地方政府合作，所以他们基本上是自掘坟墓。丽莎：在宾夕法尼亚州，民主党现任州长乔什·夏皮罗也改变了他的看法。
YOU DON'T WANT THESE IRRESPONSIBLE, BURDENSOME, AI RECKLESS DATA CENTERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND I HEAR YOU. LISA: SOMEONE STILL BULLISH, PRESIDENT TRUMP.
你不希望这些不负责任、负担沉重、滥用AI的数据中心出现在你的社区。我想让你知道，我听到了你们的声音。丽莎：仍有人看好，特朗普总统。
IF I WERE THE MAYOR OF A TOWN OR THE GOVERNOR OF A STATE, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GET A BIG PLANT IN, AN AI PLANT OR A DATA CENTER, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY WANT IT BECAUSE THE JOBS ARE ENORMOUS AND THE MONEY PAID, THE TAXES PAID ARE JUST ENORMOUS. LISA: EVIDENCE SHOWS DATA CENTERS DO CREATE LOCAL JOBS, BUT FEWER THAN INDUSTRY ADVOCATES C
如果我是某个城镇的市长或某个州的州长，而我有机会引进一个大工厂、一个人工智能工厂或数据中心，我绝对会想要它，因为带来的就业机会巨大，支付的税款也极其可观。丽莎：证据表明数据中心确实创造了当地就业机会，但数量少于行业倡导者所称的。
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