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America gets on with things while Europe prevaricates by allowing Luddites, environmentalists and all kinds of naysayers to call the tune.  \nThere is some truth in that, which is why the growth in the US economy has outstripped that of Europe this century. It’s also why America has a near monopoly in the tech sphere that now shapes our age.  \nNow, however, America, like Europe, finds itself consumed by a popular war against data centers. Given that these centers are the beating heart of the modern economy, just as the coal mines were the lifeblood of the industrial revolution, this presents a very big problem.  \nUnless it can be resolved, an eager China may very well seize the advantage and get ahead in a technological revolution that, until now, has been led by America.  \nOver the past few months, there has been an explosion of protests about data centers as well as legislative moves against them. As Robert Bryce reported in our last issue, the first seven months of this year saw 274 cases in which the construction of data centers across the US was either banned or subject to severe restrictions. Until this year, developershad few problems building them wherever they wanted. Now, we see increasing hostility from local residents and politicians.  \nNew York State has passed a one-year moratorium against new construction. In Maine, legislators tried to block the building of large centers altogether, until their bill was thrown out by Governor Janet Mills. Even Loudoun County, Virginia – which is known as the world’s data-center capital – is looking at new restrictions.  \nThere are a number of reasons for the resistance. Data centers bring noise and urbanization without, crucially, creating much in the way of employment. But  \nabove all they are voracious consumers of power and water. While it might be tempting to think the current industrial revolution is much cleaner than the original one, with its boilers and smokestacks, the energy consumption of data centers is extraordinary, and is growing rapidly.  \nEvery time AI bots are upgraded, their need for power leaps to a new level. According to McKinsey, 5 percent of last year’s US electricity consumption came from data centers. Google is said to use as much energy as a city of 250,000 people.  \nMoreover, the rush of data centers comes just as Americans are seeing their fuel bills rise. Data centers are not the only cause, of course – there is also the small matter of the  \nIf America is to continue to be the world leader in AI, it is vital people learn to live with data centers  \nIran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20 percent of the world’s crude oil supplies used to pass.  \nAt the same time, it should not come asa surprise that people make a connection between their soaring bills and the construction work down the road: the installation of data centers is competing with domestic demand and pushes up prices for everyone. Vice President J.D. Vance has addressed the issue. If developers want to build data centers, he says, they are going to have to address the issue of local power supplies.  \nThe federal government, he claims, will make it easier for them to combine construction of data centers with the construction of power plants.  \nSome have suggested that the centers provide a prime opportunity for renewables. Wind and solar plants might suit the image of a fast-growing 21st century, but sadly those who are in the business of operating  \ndata centers are generally less keen. They need acc","cbCaitIwomJsJuUt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitIwomJsJuUt","pdf",5190048,67,"English","# Mission to Mars\n## Data-center backlash and policy responses\n## Drivers: power, water, and local employment concerns\n## Implications for AI leadership and global competition","[{\"question\":\"为什么美国的数据中心建设会遭到反对？\",\"answer\":\"反对主要集中在噪声、城市化影响以及更关键的电力与水资源消耗问题；同时当地居民和部分政治力量越来越不愿意放任建设。\"},{\"question\":\"文中提到哪些地区对数据中心采取了限制？\",\"answer\":\"文中举例包括纽约州实施新建数据中心的一年暂停、缅因州立法尝试受挫、以及以数据中心闻名的弗吉尼亚州Loudoun County也在考虑新的限制。\"},{\"question\":\"如果美国要继续在AI领域保持领先，关键挑战是什么？\",\"answer\":\"需要解决电力供应与水资源等现实约束，并推动数据中心行业在电网之外成为重要的供电方，同时提升技术能效以降低用能与散热压力。\"}]","The Spectator World - Mission to Mars | PDF",169]