澳大利亚电力分销商Jemena正将7米高的木制电线杆替换为额定电压6.6万伏的15米高工业电线杆，以适应人工智能热潮推动的数据中心扩张。受影响社区的居民一致抱怨，这类基础设施更高大、功率也更强。
Australian electricity distributor Jemena is replacing 7-metre wooden power poles with 15-metre industrial poles rated for 66,000 volts to keep pace with data centre expansion driven by the AI boom. Residents in affected neighborhoods have raised a consistent complaint about the taller, more powerful infrastructure.
澳大利亚电力分销商Jemena正将7米高的木制电线杆替换为可承载最高6.6万伏电压的15米高工业电线杆。为支持人工智能热潮而建设的数据中心导致用电需求激增，推动了此次替换。这些更高的电线杆能够承受远高于原有住宅级基础设施的负荷。
Australian electricity distributor Jemena is replacing 7-metre wooden power poles with 15-metre industrial poles rated to carry up to 66,000 volts, a shift driven by surging electricity demand from data centres built to support the artificial intelligence boom. The taller poles are designed to handle far higher loads than the residential-grade infrastructure they are replacing.
在新电线杆架设地区的居民一致抱怨：这些高耸的设施主宰了原本围绕小型基础设施打造的街景景观，有些人还表示，施工队到来前几乎未收到任何通知。Jemena表示，此次升级是为将新增的数据中心容量可靠地接入电网所必需的。
Residents in neighborhoods where the new poles are going up have raised a consistent complaint: the towering structures dominate streetscapes built around much smaller infrastructure, and some say they were given little warning before construction crews arrived. Jemena has said the upgrades are necessary to connect new data centre capacity to the grid reliably.
这一部署凸显了澳大利亚及其他国家的公用事业公司面临的一个更广泛难题：人工智能驱动的数据中心建设正使数十年前按照远低负荷设计的电网承受压力。随着未来几年更多数据中心寻求接入电网，分析师预计，类似的基础设施升级将变得更加普遍。
The rollout illustrates a broader tension facing utilities across Australia and other countries as AI-driven data centre construction strains electricity networks designed decades ago for far lower loads. Analysts expect similar infrastructure upgrades to become more common as more data centres seek grid connections in the coming years.
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