谷歌表示，其位于明尼苏达州松岛镇的新数据中心将为当地电网增加清洁电力，且不会提高其他电力客户的成本。能源专家和附近居民仍持怀疑态度，认为老化的电网难以承受该项目而不承压。
Google says its new Pine Island, Minnesota data center will add clean power to the local grid without raising costs for other electricity customers. Energy experts and nearby residents remain skeptical that the aging grid can absorb the project without strain.
谷歌已开始在明尼苏达州南部小城松岛镇建设一座大型人工智能数据中心，这是其全国范围内扩大AI算力的一部分。该公司表示，该项目将带来新的清洁能源发电，且不会将成本转嫁给该地区其他电价缴纳者。
Google has begun building a large artificial intelligence data center in Pine Island, a small town in southern Minnesota, as part of a nationwide expansion of AI computing capacity. The company says the project will bring new clean energy generation online and will not shift costs onto other ratepayers in the region.
电网工程师和当地居民对这一说法表示怀疑，指出老化的区域电网在用电高峰期已经承压，而单个大型数据中心的用电量可与一个小城市相当。一些人担心，为该设施建设的新输电线路和变电站最终可能通过更高的家庭电费来支付。
Grid engineers and local residents have voiced doubts about that claim, noting that the aging regional power network already strains during peak demand and that a single large data center can draw as much electricity as a small city. Some worry new transmission lines and substations needed to serve the facility could ultimately be paid for through higher household bills.
这场争议反映出美国各地正在上演的更广泛紧张局势，公用事业公司正竞相将数十座AI数据中心接入几十年前建造的电网。多个州的监管机构目前正在审查此类项目应如何分摊升级成本。
The dispute reflects a broader tension playing out across the United States, where utilities are racing to connect dozens of AI data centers to grids built decades before the artificial intelligence boom. Regulators in several states are now reviewing how such projects should share the cost of upgrades.