圣安东尼奥市议员里克·加尔万回忆起21世纪初数据中心刚进入该市时的情景，那时它们看起来只是普通的办公大楼。
San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings.
但近年来情况发生了变化，数据中心已经发展成占地数百万平方英尺的“超大规模”设施，承载着人工智能所需的物理基础设施。
But that's changed in recent years, as data centers have grown into massive "hyperscale" facilities spanning millions of square feet and housing the physical infrastructure for AI.
如今，在加尔万管辖的大约55平方英里的区域内，已经有十几座数据中心，如果拟议的项目得以实施，预计未来几年这一数字将增加到约20座。
There are now more than a dozen data centers in Galvan's roughly 55-square-mile district, and he expects that number to grow to around 20 over the next few years if proposed projects are completed.
这些数据中心主要集中在两条主干道上，给周边社区带来了诸如交通拥堵等麻烦问题……
They're clustered along two main roads, concentrating nuisances in the same neighborhoods: traffic and tr …