中期选举前数周，共和党正为数据中心引发的反弹深感棘手。随着这些设施导致电费上涨的担忧演变为直接关系选民钱包的问题，共和党愈发担心数据中心会成为中期选举中的政治负资产。© Greg Nash周三，这一问题引发的争论充分显现。参议院民主党人阻止了一项由参议员乔恩·休斯特（Jon Husted，俄亥俄州共和党）力推的法案。
GOP wrestles with data center backlash weeks ahead of midterms Republicans are growing increasingly worried that data centers are a liability in the midterms, as concerns over higher power bills tied to the facilities turn into a pocketbook issue for voters. © Greg Nash The debate over the issue was on full display Wednesday, after Senate Democrats blocked legislation championed by Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) — who is in a competitive reelection bid against former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — that would require states and some electric utilities to consider a standard under which data centers would have to pay for additional costs caused by their large power demand. The stalled legislation puts Republicans in a political bind as they seek to address voter concerns over data centers while navigating the White House’s embrace of the facilities.
该法案将要求各州和部分电力公司考虑制定一套标准，根据该标准，数据中心必须承担其巨大用电需求所造成的额外成本。休斯特正在与前参议员谢罗德·布朗（Sherrod Brown，俄亥俄州民主党）竞争一个势均力敌的连任席位。
President Trump touted data centers during a meeting with tech CEOs on Tuesday, saying they “are going to be very popular.”
这项陷入僵局的法案使共和党陷入政治两难：他们既要回应选民对数据中心的担忧，又要应对白宫对这些设施的公开支持。特朗普总统周二在与科技公司首席执行官会面时大力推广数据中心，称它们“将非常受欢迎”。
Lawmakers are poised to take a second crack at seeking to ensure data center energy costs aren’t passed down to consumers, but it likely won’t be taken up until after the November elections. And for Republicans in particular, the White House’s stance only compounds that political challenge as the GOP seeks to retain its majority in November.
议员们准备再次尝试推动相关立法，以确保数据中心的能源成本不会被转嫁给消费者，但该议题很可能要到11月选举结束后才会再次审议。尤其对共和党而言，白宫的立场进一步加剧了政治难题，因为共和党希望在11月 elections 中保住国会多数席位。
“I just think that when the president weighs in on something and says something … has to be good, or ‘We all are going to like them’ — that muddles things a little bit, right?”GOP strategist Amy Koch said. “It’s hard to be nuanced with a president who has no nuance.”
共和党战略顾问艾米·科赫（Amy Koch）表示：“我只是觉得，当总统对某件事发表看法，说某件事……一定是好的，或者‘我们都会喜欢它们’时，这多少会让事情变得有点难以处理，对吧？对于一位毫无保留的总统来说，很难把问题讲得 nuanced。”
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