Data centres on the ballot: could the AI infrastructure shape US midterms?
數據中心登上選票：AI基礎設施會塑造美國中期選舉嗎？
Voters from Ohio to Illinois decide dozens of local measures on Tuesday, as opposition to the giant buildings powering AI cuts across party lines.
美國中期選舉投票日，多州選民將就數據中心的地方措施直接表決。蓋洛普民調顯示七成美國人反對在本地建數據中心，反對聲浪已跨越黨派。
文章把一場地方公投放進AI產業擴張的背景下：數據中心耗電巨大、擴張迅速，引發跨黨派反彈。可以練習細節定位（38個轄區、41項措施、21項在俄亥俄）、數據讀圖（蓋洛普七成反對、議題排名超過氣候變化），以及因果鏈梳理——為什麼AI熱潮會轉化為選票上的具體條款。適合練同義替換與作者態度的克制表達。
Voters from Ohio to Illinois decide dozens of local measures on Tuesday, as opposition to the giant buildings powering AI cuts across party lines.
When Americans vote on Tuesday, some will be deciding more than who goes to Congress. They’ll also help decide whether more data centres, the giant buildings that power AI, get built near them, and under what rules.
Until recently, few people had heard of them. Now they’re at the heart of the AI boom, housing the chips and servers behind services like ChatGPT and Claude. But their rapid growth and huge electricity use have sparked backlash, not just in the US but worldwide.
A Gallup poll in May found seven in ten Americans oppose a data centre being built in their area. In its latest poll, released Thursday, it ranked ahead of climate change as an important issue for residents in the upcoming midterm election.
According to Reuters, voters in 38 local jurisdictions will consider at least 41 measures to delay, ban or set new rules for data centres. Twenty-one are in Ohio, where Democrats and Republicans are joining forces against them.
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來源：France 24 · france24.com