中期选举后数据中心之争升级:民主党掌控国会或收紧AI基建
原标题:After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming
AI 摘要
美国中期选举后民主党全面控制国会,数据中心(AI算力设施)成为选举议题。NBC出口民调显示超半数选民认为AI弊大于利,近80%反对在自家社区建数据中心,约60%称该议题是投票重要因素。俄亥俄、得州等多州反对数据中心的候选人胜选,Meta原计划建厂的俄亥俄县已通过数据中心禁令。分析人士预计将出现更多建设暂停令、要求数据中心自付电网升级费用,Sanders与Ocasio-Cortez提出的全国暂停令法案通过概率上升,但仍面临总统否决。
正文节选
The November 3 midterm results gave Democrats full control of Congress, setting the stage for what could be one of the most divided U.S. governments this decade, with Republicans in the White House. Tuesday’s results suggest that anger over data centers, the large facilities that house the computers powering AI, is becoming a political force. With Democrats now in control of Congress, that could lead to new limits on where data centers can be built and how much say local communities have. Data c