Meta 警告：选举对数据中心的反弹或阻碍 AI 扩张
原标题：Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder
AI 摘要
Meta 总裁 Dina Powell McCormick 在 WSJ Tech 会议上表示，中期选举中民主党获胜以及针对数据中心的反对声浪，将使企业建设数据中心更加困难。她指出，反对数据中心与公众对 AI 的整体负面情绪相关，Meta 希望通过展示数据中心和 AI 技术的价值来扭转这种情绪。Meta 已在 23 个州运营数据中心，并有 5 个 1 吉瓦级项目在规划中，但担心选举政治导致投资受阻；同时公司对 AI 智能体 Muse 寄予厚望，并称已建成的算力可通过对外租赁实现变现。
正文节选
Meta President Dina Powell McCormick said that the Democratic wins in the midterm elections are going to make it a lot harder for companies to build data centers, adding that the industry has “not done as good a job as we needed to explain the benefits of these investments.” Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference on Wednesday, the Meta exec pointed out that the backlash against data centers — which was very much on the ballot during this election season — was also tied to people’s feelings about AI