周六，在俄亥俄州范达利亚市举行的一次中期选举竞选集会上，特朗普总统为数据中心进行了辩护。他认为，如果没有这些近年来受到密切关注的数据中心，美国在全球人工智能竞赛中可能会落后于中国。“俄亥俄州有巨大的经济利益可获；你们不能简单地关闭这些数据中心——否则它们会被转移到中国去。”特朗普对在场群众说道。
President Trump defended data centers at a midterm campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio Saturday, arguing that the U.S. will risk losing ground in the global artificial intelligence race against China without the massive facilities that have come under heightened scrutiny in recent years. “There’s so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China,” Trump told the crowd at a rally in the Buckeye State, where data centers have emerged as a flashpoint in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races.
这些数据中心为开发和运行人工智能系统提供了所需的计算能力，而特朗普现在将人工智能称为“超级智能”。他强调，这些数据中心对俄亥俄州来说是一项有益的投资。不过，全国范围内对新建数据中心的反对声浪日益高涨：当地居民和立法者担心这些数据中心会消耗大量电力和水资源，从而增加消费者的公用事业费用。
The president argued that the facilities, which provide the computing power needed to develop and run AI systems —which he has now dubbed “superintelligence” — would be a beneficial investment in Ohio. He also promised that his administration is working to ensure data centers “benefit local communities.”Opposition to new data centers has grown across the country, with residents and lawmakers raising concerns about their enormous electricity demands and water usage that could drive up utility bills for consumers.
随着中期选举的临近，这一议题已成为共和党人的一个棘手问题。现任参议员乔恩·赫斯特德（Jon Husted，共和党籍）因曾支持在俄亥俄州建设数据中心而受到批评；他在担任副州长期间曾支持这一计划。赫斯特德本人也出席了周六的集会，并提出了一项法案，试图通过要求大型电力用户承担更多成本来缓解这些担忧。
Backlash over data centers has emerged as a pain point for Republicans ahead of the rapidly approaching midterm elections. Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Vice President Vance and is currently facing a competitive challenge from former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has faced criticism over his support for bringing data centers to the state while serving as lieutenant governor. Husted, who was at the Saturday rally, has introduced a bill that sought to address those concerns by requiring large power users to shoulder more of their costs.
虽然由共和党控制的参议院试图推动该法案的通过，但最终被民主党议员否决了。前参议员谢罗德·布朗（Sherrod Brown，民主党籍）则将这一问题视为共和党的负面因素，他在社交媒体上写道：“乔恩·赫斯特德曾向大型科技公司提供数十亿美元的税收优惠，以促使它们在俄亥俄州建设数据中心。”
The GOP-controlled Senate tried to advance the legislation, but it was ultimately blocked by Senate Democrats. Brown has sought to make the issue a liability for the Ohio Republican. “Senator Jon Husted gave billions in tax breaks to Big Tech to make sure they would build their data centers in Ohio,” Brown wrote Friday on the social platform X. “Now, he’s making Ohioans foot the bill.”
“现在，他让俄亥俄州的民众来为此买单。”然而，特朗普一直支持数据中心的建设，同时对这项发展迅速且技术先进的技术表示担忧；在他的政府推动美国人工智能基础设施建设的背景下，这些担忧被忽视了。特朗普的政府此举旨在提升美国在人工智能领域的竞争力，以应对中国的挑战。
Trump, however, has repeatedly backed the buildout of data centers while dismissing concerns about the rapidly growing and powerful technology as his administration pushes to expand AI infrastructure in the U.S. to compete with China.