人工智能热潮让当地居民与寻求为其耗能巨大的网络供电的企业巨头站在了对立面——但威尔士的一座城市正在反击。
The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back Dale Johnston opens the gate to his neat suburban garden on the western fringes of Newport in South Wales.
戴尔·约翰斯顿打开了他在南威尔士纽波特西部边缘整洁郊区花园的大门。草坪上有供孙辈玩耍的蹦床和滑梯，也有他和妻子休息的椅子。本该欣赏完美秋日天空中流泻的余晖，但他几乎整个视野都被一大片预制板遮挡。
There’s a trampoline and a slide on the lawn for his grandchildren, and chairs for him and his wife. He should be enjoying the light draining from the perfect autumnal sky – but almost his entire view is blotted out by a vast expanse of prefabricated panels.
这座高 23 米的灰色庞然大物矗立在他和邻居们头顶，是一座超大规模数据中心。该地区的工党政客将其吹捧为创造就业的项目，但约翰斯顿想到的全是失去的东西：“以前，阳光会照到这里，很美好。”居民受到的对待“令人发指”。
The 23 metre-high grey hulk looming over him and his neighbours is a hyperscale datacentre. It is heralded by the area’s Labour politicians as a job creator, yet all Johnston can think about is what he has lost: “Before, the sun used to come around here and it was lovely.”The way residents have been treated is “disgusting”.
