参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默周二抨击了一项法案，该法案旨在迫使各州考虑减轻数据中心对电价影响的标准，他称其为“无效的参与奖”。
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday slammed a bill that would force states to consider standards to mitigate data centers' power price impacts as an "ineffectual participation trophy."
他的言论表明民主党人可能会试图阻止该法案，参议院预计将于本周审议该法案。
His comments signal that Democrats could try to block the bill, which the Senate is expected to take up this week.
舒默在参议院发言时表示：“美国人要求对人工智能和数据中心设置真正的护栏，但共和党人提供的只是一个毫无约束力的宣传法案。该法案是一场骗局。我可以用一个词来总结共和党数据中心法案的缺陷：可选。该法案是可选的。”
"Americans are demanding real guardrails on AI and data centers, but all the Republicans offer is a toothless messaging bill. The bill is a fraud. I can sum up the shortcomings of the Republican data center bill with one word: optional.
他补充道：“在全美呼吁为人工智能设置真正护栏之际，参议院共和党人却试图在离开前捞取一个无效的参与奖。
The bill is optional," Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor. "At a time when Americans are calling out for real guardrails on AI, Senate Republicans are trying to secure an ineffectual participation trophy before they skip town.
参议院共和党人与其试图通过空洞的提议来获取廉价的政治得分，不如与我们合作，采取有意义的行动来真正遏制这些生存风险。”
Instead of trying to score cheap political points with hollow proposals, Senate Republicans need to work with us to take meaningful action that will actually contain these existential risks."
该项名为《纳税人保护法》的立法此前在众议院以两党投票结果高票通过。
The legislation in question, known as the Ratepayer Protection Act, overwhelmingly passed the House in a bipartisan vote.
然而，它也遭到了一些批评，包括来自支持该法案的议员的批评，认为其力度不够。
However, it has met some criticism, including from lawmakers who supported it, for not doing enough.
该法案将要求各州举行听证会，制定标准以强制数据中心为供电所需的额外电力基础设施买单。
It would require states to hold hearings on standards to force data centers to pay for extra electric infrastructure needed to power their facilities.
但它并不强制各州采用任何标准，因此不想采取行动的州最终无需执行。
But it wouldn't make the states adopt any standards — so states that don't want to act ultimately would not have to.
面临严峻连任挑战的俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特最近试图在参议院通过一致同意程序推动该法案，但遭到了新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希的阻挠。
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who faces a tough reelection battle in November, recently attempted to pass the bill unanimously through the Senate but was blocked by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).
该法案的最终命运尚不明确，因为需要有七名民主党人加入共和党人的行列，才能达到参议院60票的通过门槛。
The bill's ultimate fate is not clear, as seven Democrats would need to join Republicans in voting for it to cross the Senate's 60-vote threshold.