数据中心反对声浪的核心或许是电力问题
原标题：The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity
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MIT Technology Review 记者走访弗吉尼亚州阿什本的数据中心聚集区后指出，美国数据中心遭遇的反对声浪核心在于电力问题，而非大科技公司所称的文化战争。当地数据中心平均功率达54兆瓦，超过丹佛国际机场用电量；抗议促使该州出台新规，要求数据中心全额承担新增输电线路成本。与此同时，AI 数据中心正向缺乏电网的乡村地区扩张，企业自建天然气涡轮机和柴油发电机供电，Anthropic 据报以34亿美元购买燃气轮机。文章认为，行业可以改善形象，但无法回避其巨大电力消耗带来的物理后果。
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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. As voters went to the polls across the US last week, I was in Ashburn, Virginia, part of what’s known as Data Center Alley—the world’s largest data center hub. It’s also where the backlash now sweeping the country arguably first began taking shape. Driving through it is surreal. Concrete monolithic buildings loom along every major road, with names like Skybox