美国人对数据中心和大型科技公司感到厌倦，共和党有望在11月3日的中期选举中承担更多政治责备。
Americans are fed up with data centers and Big Tech, and Republicans are poised to take more of the political blame in the Nov. 3 midterms.
《政治报》民调上周发现，美国人更有可能将共和党与给予科技公司税收优惠联系在一起，而此时公众对人工智能和数据中心无序扩张的担忧正在加深。
The POLITICO Poll found last week that Americans were far more likely to associate the GOP with giving tax incentives to tech companies at a time when the public’s concerns about artificial intelligence and data center sprawl are only deepening.
近半数受访者——47%——称共和党是给予科技税收减免的政党，这一比例是认为民主党同样如此的21%的两倍多。
Nearly half of respondents — 47% — called Republicans the party of tech tax breaks, more than double the 21% who said the same for Democrats.
根据PF Global进行的这项新民调，选民也更倾向于支持那些提议取消为推动人工智能繁荣所需的数据中心税收优惠的候选人。
Voters are also far more likely to want candidates who propose stripping away tax incentives for the data centers needed to fuel the AI boom, according to the new poll, conducted by PF Global.
约五分之一的受访者表示，终止这些税收减免将是他们在中期选举中最重要的税收议题之一，而只有10分之一的人希望给予数据中心新的优惠待遇。
About a fifth of respondents said that ending those tax breaks would be among their most important tax issues in the midterms, while only 1 in 10 wanted to offer new preferences for data centers.
根据该民调，选民的首要税收优先事项是增加对亿万富翁的征税，以及遏制大公司的减税优惠。
The top tax priorities for voters, according to the poll, are hiking taxes on billionaires and curbing breaks for big companies.
这些发现出台之际，两党议员都在争相回应选民对人工智能和数据中心日益增长的担忧——而美国人越来越将硅谷巨头与共和党联系在一起。
The findings come as lawmakers in both parties have scrambled to respond to the growing voter concerns over AI and data centers — and as Americans increasingly associate Silicon Valley titans with the Republican Party.
但在民主党和共和党执政的州，州长们都试图对已获批准的数据中心税收优惠设定新的限制。
But in both Democratic and Republican-led states alike, governors have sought to put new limits on tax incentives that were already approved for data centers.
参议员伯尼·莫雷诺（共和党-俄亥俄州）上周推出了一项提案，将进一步采取行动，对提供给人工智能数据中心的任何州或地方激励措施征收100%的税。但正是民主党人在这一问题上采取了更积极的进攻姿态。
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) rolled out a proposal last week that would take that a step further by imposing a 100% tax on any state or local incentive offered to AI data centers. But it’s Democrats who have gone more on the offensive about the issue.
例如，前参议员谢罗德·布朗在试图击败参议员乔恩·休斯特德（共和党-俄亥俄州）——这位前州议员和副州长——的竞选中，将数据中心激励措施作为一个关键议题。
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, for instance, has made data center incentives a key issue as he tries to unseat Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), a former state lawmaker and lieutenant governor.
“乔恩·赫斯特德的‘交易’让富有的科技公司获得意外之财，却让俄亥俄州民众买单，”布朗最近在社交媒体上发文称。
“Jon Husted’s ‘deals’ gave wealthy tech companies a windfall and left Ohioans footing the bill,” Brown recently posted on social media.
民主党人尤其将矛头对准了Meta，该公司近年来在构建其人工智能产品的同时，将税负削减了数十亿美元。他们还试图将共和党人去年在巨型法案中批准的扩大税收减免与数据中心建设的增加联系起来。
Democrats have specifically homed in on Meta, which has cut its tax liability in recent years by billions of dollars as it builds out its AI products. And they have sought to tie expanded tax breaks approved by Republicans in last year’s megabill to the increase in data center construction.
作为2025年减税方案的一部分，共和党为众多行业的公司制定了激励措施。但大型科技公司发现这些税收减免尤其有用，在人工智能支出持续上升之际，这帮助推动了企业税缴纳额的大幅下降。
The GOP enacted incentives for companies in a broad array of industries as part of the 2025 tax cuts. But Big Tech has found those tax breaks particularly useful, helping to drive a big decrease in corporate tax payments as AI spending keeps trending upward.
与此同时，怀有2028年抱负的民主党人提出了对人工智能公司征收新税的想法，而民主党议员已准备好立法，阻止数据中心利用“机会区”和奖金折旧等激励措施——这两项措施共和党都在2025年扩大了。
Meanwhile, Democrats with 2028 ambitions have floated new taxes on AI companies, while Democratic lawmakers have teed up legislation that would keep data centers from taking advantage of incentives like Opportunity Zones and bonus depreciation, both of which Republicans expanded in 2025.
事实上，参议员乔恩·奥索夫（民主党-佐治亚州）最近在与对手、众议员迈克·柯林斯（共和党-佐治亚州）的一场辩论中，给去年的巨型法案又起了一个新名字。
In fact, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) recently gave last year’s megabill another new name in a recent debate with his opponent, Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.).
“我想知道你是否会承诺投票废除你曾投票支持的那个数据中心税收骗局，”奥索夫说。
“I want to know if you will commit to voting to repeal that data center tax scam that you voted for,” Ossoff said.
目前尚不清楚当前的反人工智能情绪在未来几个月会在多大程度上转化为新的立法限制。但新的民调发现，美国人对人工智能确实存在对未知的恐惧。
It’s not clear how much the current anti-AI energy will lead to new legislative limits in the coming months. But the new poll found Americans have a real fear of the unknown with artificial intelligence.
多数受访者表示，科技公司首席执行官们对人工智能的潜在风险一直讳莫如深；而相对多数的美国人既认为人工智能开发的风险大于收益，也认为政府应该严格监管这一新兴技术。
A majority of respondents said that tech chief executives had been secretive about the potential risks of AI, while a plurality of Americans believe both that the risks of artificial intelligence development outweigh the benefits and that the government should strictly regulate the emerging technology.