美国农业部向佐治亚州门罗县的一座电厂提供创纪录的33亿美元贷款，该贷款可能使该州的数据中心受益，该部门农村发展负责人在接受路透社采访时如是说。
A record-breaking $3.3 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a power plant in Georgia's Monroe County could potentially benefit data centers in the state, the agency's head of rural development said in an interview with Reuters.
唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府尽管面临社区对用水量和公用事业成本的担忧，仍支持数据中心的快速扩张。民主党正试图在11月的中期选举中利用这种不满情绪。
By Leah Douglas The administration of President Donald Trump has supported the rapid expansion of data centers, despite their unpopularity with communities concerned about water use and utility costs. Democrats are attempting to capitalize on that discontent in November's midterm elections.
美国农业部农村发展副部长格伦·史密斯在周四的采访中表示，他希望为此类项目争取更多资金。以下是更多细节：美国农业部周二宣布向奥格尔索普电力公司提供贷款，这是该机构农村公用事业服务有史以来提供的最大贷款。
Glen Smith, the USDA's Under Secretary for Rural Development, said in the Thursday interview that he hopes to secure more funding for such projects. Here are more details: The USDA announced on Tuesday the loan to Oglethorpe Power Corporation, the largest ever given under the agency's Rural Utilities Service.
史密斯表示，该电厂将为38家农村公用事业合作社提供服务，并支持该州不断增长的产业，包括潜在的数据中心。
Smith said the plant will serve 38 rural utility cooperatives and support growing industry in the state, including potentially data centers.
去年，谷歌在门罗县购买了近1000英亩土地用于建设数据中心。
Last year, Google purchased nearly 1,000 acres of land in Monroe County for a data center.
奥格尔索普电力公司发言人布莱尔·罗梅罗在一封电子邮件中表示：“此设施并非专门用于服务数据中心。新设施将帮助我们的成员合作社满足其社区日益增长的用电需求。”史密斯表示，他计划下周与国会拨款委员会会面，并申请更多此类贷款的资金。“我们已经收到近86亿美元的申请，而我们的财政年才过去一个月，”他说。
Oglethorpe spokesperson Blair Romero said in an email, "This facility is not dedicated to serving a data center. The new facility will help our Member cooperatives meet growing electricity demand across their communities." Smith said he plans to meet with congressional appropriators next week and request more money for such loans. "We have almost $8.6 billion in requests, and we're only into our fiscal year one month," he said.
史密斯表示，农村地区可以从数据中心中受益，“但你必须具备相应的基础设施。而这就是农村公用事业和农村发展发挥作用的地方。”数据中心正推动美国电力使用达到历史新高，在一些地区，其用电需求超过电网供应能力。
Smith said rural areas can benefit from data centers, "but you have to have the infrastructure in place. and that's where rural utilies and rural development comes into play." Data centers are driving US electricity use to record highs and in some regions, demanding more power than grids can supply.
特朗普政府未试图规范数据中心建设，而是要求科技公司承诺不将电力成本转嫁给消费者。
The Trump administration has not sought to regulate data center construction, instead asking tech companies to pledge not to pass on electricity costs to consumers.