今日，亚马逊宣布了一系列计划，旨在争取美国各界对新建数据中心的支持，并回应外界对这些设施的批评。
Amazon today announced new commitments to generate buy-in for US data centers and rebutted criticism about the facilities.
这家科技巨头承诺每年公开其能源与水资源使用情况，还计划在五年内向数据中心所在地区的社区大学教育、职业技能培训以及家庭节能改造项目投入逾10亿美元。
The tech giant vowed to publish its energy and water use annually, and spend more than $1 billion over five years on free community college, trades training, and home energy-efficiency upgrades in data center counties.
当前，各大科技公司急需计算资源，因此纷纷投入大量资源来应对当地社区与政界对数据中心建设的反对声音，试图纠正他们认为的误导性言论。
Desperate for compute, tech companies have been pouring resources into responding to community and political pushback to data centers, countering what they see as misinformation.
在一篇约3000字的文章中，亚马逊云科技首席执行官马特·加曼直接回应了诸多传闻，包括数据中心耗水量过大、推高能源成本以及造成环境污染等说法。
In a roughly 3,000-word post, AWS CEO Matt Garman directly responded to what he described as “myths floating around,” including that the facilities consume too much water, drive up energy costs, and emit pollution.
随着大型科技企业面临越来越大的压力，美国部分城镇也从中获益：例如，路易斯安那州的教师因Meta的资助而获得奖金；北点开发公司则提议向宾夕法尼亚州某镇的每个家庭发放1万美元。——J.D. Capelouto
Some cities and towns across the US are ultimately earning concessions as hyperscalers come under pressure: Teachers in Louisiana got bonuses thanks to Meta, for example, and NorthPoint Development proposed giving $10,000 to every household in a Pennsylvania township. — J.D. Capelouto