由民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦、克里斯·范·霍伦和理查德·布卢门撒尔牵头的一项为期一年的参议院调查发现，多家大型科技公司及数据中心运营商在人工智能设施的经济影响方面误导了公众。
US Senate Investigation Accuses Tech Hyperscalers of Concealing True Costs of AI Data Centers A yearlong Senate investigation led by Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal found that major tech companies and data center operators misled the public regarding the economic impacts of AI facilities.
该报告调查了亚马逊、谷歌、Meta、微软、CoreWeave、Digital Realty和Equinix等公司。
The report examined Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix.
调查人员发现，这些公司创造的长期就业岗位数量与其所消耗的能源量不成比例，还大量利用销售税减免政策，并通过保密协议限制信息的公开。
Investigators found that developers offered low permanent employment relative to energy use, made extensive use of sales-tax exemptions, and used nondisclosure agreements to limit public transparency.
此外，这些公司均拒绝承担为满足其巨大电力需求而必须进行的大规模电网升级费用，这有可能导致当地居民的公共事业费用上涨。
Furthermore, none of the companies agreed to cover broad infrastructure grid upgrades required to support their massive power demands, threatening to raise utility bills for local consumers.