在批准旨在规范数据中心需求激增的立法仅四个月后，意大利人口最多、以米兰为首府的伦巴第大区正准备收紧规则，以回应公众对新开发项目速度和规模日益增长的关切。
Just four months after approving legislation to regulate a surge in demand for data centres, Lombardy, Italy's most populous region and home to Milan, is preparing to tighten the rules in response to growing public concern over the pace and scale of new developments.
- 地区议员马西莫·塞尔托里对路透社表示，于6月批准的法律修正案将于10月19日提交给地区政府，并可能在大约一个月内获得地区委员会的批准。
• Amendments to the law, approved in June, are due to be presented to the regional government on October 19 and could be approved by the regional council within about a month, regional councillor Massimo Sertori told Reuters.
- 塞尔托里表示：“我们将力求尽可能少地使用农田，并设法进一步阻止使用农田。相反，项目应当在废弃的工业用地上开发，并使用创新的水资源管理系统以减少耗水量。”
• "We will push to use as little agricultural land as possible and will seek to further discourage the use of farmland. Instead, projects should be developed on disused industrial sites, using innovative water-management systems to reduce water consumption," Sertori said.
- 现行立法已经优先考虑棕地，包括废弃工业区，并强烈反对在农田或未开发的绿地上进行项目建设。
• The current legislation already gives priority to brownfield sites, including abandoned industrial areas, and strongly discourages projects on agricultural land or undeveloped greenfield sites.
- 根据现行规则，在农田上进行的开发项目面临的建设收费要高出100%，而在公园或环境敏感区域的项目则需缴纳高出200%的费用。
• Under the existing rules, developments on agricultural land face construction charges that are 100% higher, while projects in parks or environmentally sensitive areas are subject to fees that are 200% higher.
- 塞尔托里表示：“我们还将努力确保为数据中心供电的能源来自可再生能源。”
• "We will also push to ensure that the energy used to power data centres comes from renewable sources," Sertori said.
- 自该法律生效以来，伦巴第大区已收到超过60份数据中心项目申请，总拟议装机容量约为11吉瓦（GW）。
• Since the law came into force, Lombardy has received more than 60 applications for data-centre projects, representing a combined proposed capacity of about 11 gigawatts (GW).
- 地区估计显示，11吉瓦的数据中心容量每年将消耗约90太瓦时（TWh）的电力，而伦巴第大区目前的年电力需求约为65太瓦时。
• Regional estimates indicate that 11 GW of data-centre capacity would consume about 90 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity annually, compared with Lombardy's current yearly electricity demand of around 65 TWh.
- 相比之下，根据最新的行业估计，到2030年，意大利预计将新增约2.5至3吉瓦的数据中心容量，其中伦巴第大区在未来五年内将占1.5吉瓦至2吉瓦。
• By comparison, Italy is expected to add around 2.5-3 GW of new data-centre capacity by 2030, with Lombardy accounting for between 1.5 GW and 2 GW over the next five years, according to the latest industry estimates.
塞尔托里说：“很明显，这是不可持续的。这就是为什么需要修改法律。”
"It is clear that this is not sustainable. That is why the law needs to be revised," Sertori said.
- 近几个月来，公众对数据中心开发的反对情绪有所加剧。
• Public opposition to data-centre developments has intensified in recent months.
- 10月3日，米兰附近罗镇的居民举行抗议活动，反对在约3平方公里的土地上建设三个数据中心的计划。
• On October 3, residents in the town of Rho, near Milan, staged a protest against plans to build three data centres on a site covering about 3 square kilometres.