All the latest updates on AI data centers
All the latest updates on AI data centers
关于人工智能数据中心的最新动态
Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment. 庞大的新型数据中心是科技公司实现人工智能愿景的物理基石。然而，为了扩建装满高能耗服务器的仓库而引发的“淘金热”，也在全球范围内引发了关于电力网、电费、周边社区及环境影响的激烈争论。
From audacious plans to launch data centers into space to the latest legal battles over pollution, The Verge has the biggest news and reporting surrounding data centers. 从将数据中心送入太空的大胆计划，到围绕污染问题的最新法律诉讼，《The Verge》为您梳理了有关数据中心最重要的资讯与报道。
May 6 | Jay Peters 5月6日 | Jay Peters
43 percent of Americans blame data centers as a major reason for rising power bills. That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Similar numbers of both Republicans and Democrats also cite data centers, which are quickly becoming a bipartisan issue, as a major reason for higher costs. 皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的一项最新调查显示，43%的美国人认为数据中心是导致电费上涨的主要原因。共和党人和民主党人持此观点的比例相近，数据中心正迅速成为一个跨党派关注的议题。
May 5 | Jay Peters 5月5日 | Jay Peters
A 40,000-acre data center project was just approved in Utah, despite outcry from the community. As reported by The Salt Lake Tribune, the planned hyperscale data center in Box Elder County, when fully completed, is expected to use 9 gigawatts of power — more than double the 4 gigawatts of power used by the state right now. The project is backed in part by Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary. 尽管遭到社区强烈反对，犹他州还是批准了一个占地4万英亩的数据中心项目。据《盐湖城论坛报》报道，该项目位于博克斯埃尔德县（Box Elder County），规划中的超大规模数据中心在全面建成后，预计将消耗9吉瓦（GW）电力，这超过了该州目前4吉瓦总用电量的两倍。该项目的部分资金由《创智赢家》（Shark Tank）投资人凯文·奥利里（Kevin O’Leary）提供。
Apr 27 | Jess Weatherbed 4月27日 | Jess Weatherbed
A political battleground is forming around data centers. Multibillion-dollar data center developments in Georgia are sparking bipartisan backlash, with Politico reporting that 47 percent of local voters oppose the plans. Given this is just one of several states experiencing an AI boom, similar opposition may also define local and statewide elections going forward. 数据中心正成为政治博弈的新战场。佐治亚州价值数十亿美元的数据中心开发项目引发了跨党派的抵制，据《Politico》报道，47%的当地选民反对这些计划。考虑到这只是经历人工智能热潮的多个州之一，类似的反对声音可能会影响未来地方及全州的选举走向。
Apr 16 | Jess Weatherbed 4月16日 | Jess Weatherbed
Are AI data centers coming to your area? This free, crowd-sourced tracker website is one of the most comprehensive attempts we’ve seen to keep tabs on where new data centers are being proposed. Maps are currently available across 18 states, with data compiled from public sources. 人工智能数据中心要进驻你的社区了吗？这个免费的众包追踪网站是我们目前见过的最全面的工具之一，旨在监控新数据中心的选址动向。目前该地图已覆盖美国18个州，数据均汇编自公开来源。
Apr 15 | Emma Roth 4月15日 | Emma Roth
Data centers will soon have to complete “mandatory” energy usage surveys. The plans, which were revealed in a letter seen by Wired, come in response to a bipartisan push to find out how much energy data centers are sucking up. The Energy Information Administration reportedly plans to launch the nationwide surveys after it wraps up pilot surveys in data center-heavy areas, such as Texas, Washington state, Washington DC, and northern Virginia. 数据中心很快将必须完成“强制性”能源使用调查。据《连线》（Wired）杂志看到的一封信件显示，此举是为了响应跨党派要求，旨在查明数据中心到底消耗了多少能源。据报道，美国能源信息署（EIA）计划在完成德克萨斯州、华盛顿州、华盛顿特区和北弗吉尼亚州等数据中心密集地区的试点调查后，启动全国范围的调查。
Apr 15 | Andrew J. Hawkins 4月15日 | Andrew J. Hawkins
“A data center should not be a potential death sentence for a community’s health.” The NAACP is suing xAI to block Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center project outside of Memphis, TN, claiming that the project is operating 27 gas turbines without an air permit and in violation of the Clean Air Act. “数据中心不应成为威胁社区健康的潜在死刑判决。”美国全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）正在起诉xAI，试图阻止埃隆·马斯克在田纳西州孟菲斯市郊外建设“Colossus 2”数据中心项目。NAACP声称，该项目在未获得空气排放许可的情况下运行了27台燃气轮机，违反了《清洁空气法》。
Apr 6 | Emma Roth 4月6日 | Emma Roth
Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI’s planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country’s power plants. The video says the IRGC will carry out the “complete and utter annihilation” of US-linked energy and technology companies in the region, while showing an image of OpenAI’s $30 billion in-progress Stargate facility in the United Arab Emirates. 伊朗威胁要攻击OpenAI在阿布扎比的Stargate数据中心。据报道，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）发布了一段视频，威胁称如果美国落实攻击伊朗发电厂的威胁，他们将针对OpenAI计划中的阿布扎比数据中心采取行动。视频中，IRGC声称将对该地区的美国相关能源和科技公司进行“彻底的毁灭”，并展示了OpenAI在阿联酋正在建设的价值300亿美元的Stargate设施图像。
Mar 26 | Stevie Bonifield 3月26日 | Stevie Bonifield
Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use. On Thursday, senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley sent a letter to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect “comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures” on data centers and make that information publicly available. They’re urging the agency to “establish a mandatory annual reporting requirement for data centers,” saying the data is “essential for accurate grid planning.” 参议员们正推动查明数据中心的实际用电量。周四，参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）和乔什·霍利（Josh Hawley）致信能源信息署（EIA），要求其收集数据中心“全面的年度能源使用披露信息”，并向公众公开。他们敦促该机构“为数据中心建立强制性的年度报告要求”，并表示这些数据对于“准确的电网规划至关重要”。
Mar 24 | Richard Lawler 3月24日 | Richard Lawler
Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year. After decades of only licensing its chip design… Arm的首款CPU将于今年晚些时候接入Meta的人工智能数据中心。在几十年来仅授权其芯片设计之后……