数月来的首场降雨拍打在挡风玻璃上，西唐斯（Western Downs）市长安德鲁·史密斯（Andrew Smith）正驱车前往昆士兰州农村地区一个养牛场后方，那里是拟建的人工智能数据中心的所在地。
The first rainfall in months splashes off the windshield as the mayor of Western Downs Andrew Smith drives to the site of a proposed AI data center behind a cattle feedlot in rural Queensland.
此时正值喂食时间，1.6万头牛站在遮阳棚下，等待着过往的卡车将谷物喷射进它们的饲槽中。
It’s feeding time and 16,000 cattle are standing under shade sails waiting for a passing truck to shoot grain into their troughs.
农业是该地区最大的雇主，这里位于布里斯班以西260公里（131英里）处。但在支撑全年农作物的肥沃变性土之下，蕴藏着巨大的天然气田，这也使该地区成为了一个能源中心。
Agriculture is the biggest employer in this area, 260 kilometers (131 miles) west of Brisbane. But beneath the rich vertosol soils that sustain year-round crops lies a massive gas field that’s also turned the region into an energy hub.
如今，人工智能数据中心行业也找上门来，新加坡开发商Zerra DC提出了一项价值220亿澳元的提案，计划建设西唐斯数字园区（Western Downs Digital Park）。这将是澳大利亚最大的人工智能数据中心之一，包含四栋建筑，每栋建筑的大小相当于五个足球场，并在施工阶段为1500名工人提供临时住所。
Now the AI data center industry has come knocking with a $22 billion proposal from Singaporean developer Zerra DC to build the Western Downs Digital Park, one of Australia’s largest AI data centers, with four buildings each the size of five football fields, and temporary accommodation for 1,500 workers during the construction phase. function imageLoadError(img) { const fallbackImage = '/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg'; img.removeAttribute('onerror'); img.src = fallbackImage; let element = img.previousElementSibling; while (element && element.tagName === 'SOURCE') { element.srcset = fallbackImage; // If we fall back to a JPG, drop any format-specific . element.removeAttribute('type'); element = element.pre
澳大利亚达尔比（Dalby）是一个位于布里斯班以西的农村城镇，约有1.2万名居民。Dan Peled为CNN摄。
Dalby, Australia, is a rural town west of Brisbane that's home to about 12,000 people. Dan Peled for CNN
该项目尚未获得正式批准。但其首个主要租户、美国巨头Anthropic公司已经签署了租约，为该公司在澳大利亚的首次亮相奠定了基础。史密斯表示，热情的州政府已向他保证，最终决定权将交由当地议会。
The project hasn’t been formally approved. But its first major tenant, US giant Anthropic, has already signed a lease, setting the stage for the company’s Australian debut. Smith says the enthusiastic state government has assured him that the decision will fall to the local council.
在一个狂热的环境中，这是一项沉重的责任。随着澳大利亚国内关于该国在人工智能热潮中定位的辩论尚未解决，越来越多的澳大利亚人表达了对人工智能的反对。美国人工智能巨头们则开启了魅力攻势，称赞该国广阔的空间、对可再生能源的承诺，以及作为“五眼联盟”情报共享伙伴所拥有的受信任地位。
It’s a hefty responsibility in a febrile environment where a growing number of Australians are expressing their opposition to AI, amid an unresolved national debate about the country’s place in the AI boom. American AI giants have turned on the charm, praising the nation’s open spaces, commitment to renewable energy, and trusted position as a partner in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance.
“我们正致力于在澳大利亚部署重要的算力，”Anthropic公司澳大利亚和新西兰政策负责人大卫·马斯特斯（David Masters）告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）。
“We are working towards having significant capacity hosted in Australia,” David Masters, Anthropic’s head of policy for Australia and New Zealand told CNN.
西唐斯（Western Downs）市长安德鲁·史密斯（Andrew Smith）表示，在考虑批准或拒绝该申请之前，他正在等待市议会规划部门的建议。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为CNN报道。
Western Downs Mayor Andrew Smith says he's waiting for advice from the council's planning department before considering whether to approve or deny the application. Dan Peled for CNN
但澳大利亚政府行事谨慎，带头呼吁实现“带有护栏”的负责任增长——原因有很多，包括近期发生的医疗数据泄露事件，以及包括Anthropic在内的科技公司内部发出的警告，称人工智能的进步速度已超过了管控能力。
But the Australian government is treading carefully, leading calls for responsible growth “with guardrails” – for many reasons, including a recent breach of its healthcare data and warnings from within tech companies, including Anthropic, that AI advances are outpacing controls.
站在西唐斯拟建的数据中心选址旁，史密斯表示，他看到了实现当地经济多元化、为子孙后代创造就业机会，并让该地区年轻人有理由回家的机遇。
Standing beside the proposed data center site in the Western Downs, Smith says he sees an opportunity to diversify the local economy, create jobs for future generations and give the region’s youth a reason to come home.
尽管他坚称尚未就该数据中心做出决定，但这位市长补充道：“我们的职责是展望未来，如果我们想在20或30年后维持我们的社区，我们就需要具有前瞻性。有时你确实需要勇敢一点。”
Though he insists a decision hasn’t been made on the data center, the mayor added: “Our role is to look ahead, and if we want to maintain our communities 20 or 30 years ahead, we need to be progressive. And sometimes you do need to be brave.”
早在7月，澳大利亚总理曾誓言要要求科技公司利用可再生能源为人工智能数据中心供电，这只是其一系列要求中的一项。但在一个月内，他就撤回了这一要求。
Back in July, the Australian prime minister vowed to require tech companies to power AI data centers with renewable energy, among a raft of requirements. Within a month, he’d backed down.
昆士兰州协商获得了一项豁免权，因此如果获得批准，西唐斯数字园区（Western Downs Digital Park）将直接接入电网，使用包括化石燃料在内的混合能源运行——这些化石燃料包括煤炭和天然气，而天然气来自澳大利亚最大的天然气盆地之一，该盆地就位于该选址的正下方。
Queensland negotiated an exemption, so that if approved, the Western Downs Digital Park will be directly connected to the grid, running on a mix of energy sources that includes fossil fuels – coal and natural gas from one of Australia’s largest gas basins, which sits directly below the site.
该地区周围有超过6000口非常规天然气井，开采出的天然气大多销往国外市场。开采煤层气需要一种被称为“脱水”的工艺，即抽出地下水以减轻压力并释放气体。
More than 6,000 unconventional gas wells pierce the land around this region, extracting gas that’s mostly sold to foreign markets. Accessing coal seam gas requires a process called “de-watering” – pumping out groundwater to relieve pressure and free the gas.
而这正是该社区反对人工智能（AI）项目的核心所在——这个地方缺水。
And that lies at the heart of AI opposition in this community – this place is dry.
2026年10月，农场主韦恩·牛顿（Wayne Newton）在达尔比（Dalby）附近一处拟建的AI数据中心选址旁视察他土地上的小麦。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）摄。
Farmer Wayne Newton inspects the wheat on his land on October 2026, near the site for a proposed AI data centre near Dalby. Dan Peled for CNN
在这片点缀着牛饲养场的区域，营养丰富的土壤支撑着多种农作物的生长。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）摄。
Soil rich in nutrients sustains a wide variety of crops in an area dotted with cattle feedlots. Dan Peled for CNN Months without significant rain have browned the grass and trees.
数月没有明显的降雨，导致草木枯黄。雨水收集罐里的水一度所剩无几，直到上周下了一场大雨。许多农民依赖钻井水，但一些人表示，他们的水井已被天然气行业抽干，而现在他们的水却被提议提供给开发商，以帮助建设这座AI数据中心。
Rainwater tanks were running low until a downpour last week. Many farmers rely on bore water, but some say their wells have been pumped dry by the gas industry, and their water is now being offered to the developers to help build the AI data center.
“那是被偷走的水，”谷物农场主贝芙·牛顿（Bev Newton）愤怒地说道。她正与一家天然气公司进行长期的纠纷，她认为这场纠纷最终将诉诸法庭，因为她正在寻求赔偿以更换她的钻井水。
“That’s stolen water,” thundered grain farmer Bev Newton, who’s engaged in a long-running dispute with a gas company that she believes will end in court as she seeks payment to replace her bore water.
贝芙和韦恩·牛顿夫妇依赖强降雨（当雨水来临时）来填满家里的集水设施。但他们表示，由于煤层气行业造成的地面沉降，他们的一些农田正在下陷，这使得未来的水流难以预测。
Bev and Wayne Newton rely on heavy downpours – when they come – to fill the family’s water catchment. But they say some of their farmland is sinking, due to subsidence caused by the coal seam gas industry, making future flows difficult to predict.
Zerra DC公司表示，雨水将被收集并循环利用，以维持工人在运营期间的使用需求，但贝芙·牛顿指出了一个共同的问题：“如果天上不下雨，任何地表集水方式，无论是棚顶接水入罐，都无法奏效。”
Rainwater will be harvested and recycled to sustain workers during operations, Zerra DC says, but Bev Newton points to a shared problem: “No amount of surface water catchment, be it shed roofs into tanks, works if you don’t have rain that falls from the sky.”
2026年10月10日，农场主贝芙·牛顿和韦恩·牛顿夫妇站在澳大利亚达尔比附近一处拟建的AI数据中心选址旁的储水设施旁。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）摄。
Zerra DC公司表示，将使用空气冷却技术为数据中心降温，这种技术所需的水量远少于那些在美国、印度和印度尼西亚引发抗议的蒸发冷却方法。
Farmers Bev and Wayne Newton next to their water storage facility, near the site for a proposed AI data centre near Dalby, Australia, on October 10, 2026. Dan Peled for CNN Zerra DC says it’ll cool the data center using air-cooling technology, which requires far less water than the evaporative methods that have sparked protests from the US to India to Indonesia.
但空气冷却技术更加耗能，当地居民已经担心该中心对能源的需求可能会给电网带来压力，推高电价，并促使更多的天然气开采、更多的排水作业，以及可能引发更多的地面沉降——这加剧了他们对水资源问题的日常担忧。
But air-cooling technology is more energy-intensive, and residents already fear that the center’s energy demands could strain the network, raise electricity prices, encourage more gas extraction, more de-watering, and potentially more subsidence – adding more stress to their daily worries about water.
Zerra DC表示，该项目的分阶段开发将使其有时间与Anthropic等客户合作，以创造新的能源，虽然电力需求将会增加，但该公司称其电池调节系统将缓冲电网的负荷峰值，以帮助“稳定电价”。
Zerra DC says the project’s phased development will give it time to work with its customers – like Anthropic – to create new power sources, and while demand for power will increase, it says its battery conditioning system will buffer the grid from load spikes to help “stabilise power prices.”
Anthropic表示，它打算签订虚拟购电协议——即与能源供应商达成的交易——为电网采购更多电力，并优先考虑可再生能源。“这些电力的来源将是新建项目，但具体是哪些项目仍在讨论中，”来自Anthropic的马斯特斯（Masters）说道。
Anthropic says it intends to enter into virtual power purchase agreements – or deals struck with energy providers – to procure more power for the grid, with a preference for renewables. “The source for this generation will be new build projects – but precisely which projects is an ongoing discussion,” said Masters, from Anthropic.
就在澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）准备在9月下旬向联合国大会发表讲话之际，一份意外的“礼物”送达，支持了他关于加强人工智能监管的立场。
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepared to deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in late September, a surprise gift arrived to back his case for tougher guardrails on AI.
Anthropic的主要竞争对手OpenAI的一名代理人入侵了该国的医疗保健数据。该入侵行为访问了统计数据，但未涉及个人信息，因此这在很大程度上是一次无害的攻击，但却发出了一个不祥的警告。在接到阿尔巴尼斯的电话后，OpenAI的萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）表示道歉，并誓言要赢回澳大利亚人的信任。
An agent from Anthropic’s main rival OpenAI had hacked the nation’s healthcare data. It accessed statistics but not personal information, making it a largely benign attack, but one that sent an ominous warning. After receiving a call from Albanese, OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologized and vowed to win back Australians’ trust.
不到两周后，在澳大利亚议会举行的人工智能委员会听证会上，Anthropic的国际特使杰夫·布莱奇（Jeff Bleich）邀请该国领导人“挺身应对”人工智能的选择。“如果澳大利亚能抓住这个机会并把握好平衡，它将不仅仅是参与人工智能时代，而是将塑造这个时代，”他说道。
Less than two weeks later, at an Australian parliamentary committee hearing on AI, Anthropic’s international special envoy Jeff Bleich invited the country’s leaders to “step up to” the choice of AI. “If Australia takes this opportunity and gets the balance right, it will not simply participate in the AI era; it will shape it,” he said.
Anthropic表示，拟建的西唐斯（Western Downs）中心将不会被用于训练大型语言模型——因为澳大利亚严格的版权法目前禁止这样做——但它将用于回答其Claude人工智能模型的问题。
Anthropic said the proposed center at Western Downs won’t be used to train large language models – because Australia’s tough copyright laws currently ban it – but it will answer questions to its Claude AI model.
因此，美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）询问Claude，根据公开信息、一份有超过2.3万人签署的反对该提案的昆士兰州议会请愿书，以及当地媒体的报道，是否应该批准该数据中心申请——并排除了任何可能因Anthropic参与该项目而产生的偏见。
So, CNN asked Claude whether the data center application should be approved based on the publicly available information, a petition to the Queensland parliament against the proposal signed by more than 23,000 people, and local media reports – removing any bias that may have crept in due to Anthropic’s involvement in the project.
Claude的回答是：“在进行公众通知以及对水、电、噪音和劳动力进行独立技术评估之前，不要做出决定。举行居民们要求的公开会议。如果州政府介入，要明确到底是谁掌握决策权。”
Claude’s response: “Don’t decide before public notification and independent technical assessment of water, power, noise, and workforce. Hold the public meeting residents asked for. Be clear about who actually holds the decision if the state steps in.”
在达尔比（Dalby）一家灯火通明的酒吧里，这里是距离拟建数据中心最近的主要城镇，餐具碰撞声此起彼伏，年长的食客们正在放松地享用周五晚上的晚餐。几位居民同意在一个私人房间里会面，分享他们的担忧，这些担忧涵盖了从水、电到“人类愚昧化”等各个方面。
In a well-lit pub in Dalby, the closest major town to the proposed data center, cutlery clinks as elderly diners relax over a Friday-night meal. A few residents have agreed to meet in a private room to share their concerns, which range from water to power to the “dumbification of humanity.”
“仅仅因为美国的大公司在倡导使用人工智能，并不意味着我们就应该效仿，”从事零售业的科里·科拉（Corey Cora）说。“大多数社区民众甚至在为时已晚之前都不会知道这件事，”电信工人乔尔·霍尔瑟姆（Joel Holtham）补充道。
“Just because big companies over in the US are advocating for AI usage doesn’t mean that we should follow,” said Corey Cora, who works in retail. “Most people in the community won’t even know about this until it’s too late,” added telecoms worker Joel Holtham.
在过去的几周里，Zerra DC在这个人口1.2万的城镇举办了快闪式信息发布会，以回答居民的问题。在退休人员贝里斯·弗纳（Beris Furner）进去聊天之前，他曾支持人工智能的扩张。
In the last few weeks, Zerra DC has held pop-up information sessions in the town, population 12,000, to answer residents’ questions. Before retiree Beris Furner dropped in for a chat, he supported the AI expansion.
担心拟建人工智能数据中心的居民（从左至右）安吉拉·普伦茨勒（Angela Prenzler）、肖恩·科拉（Shane Cora）、科里·科拉（Corey Cora）和乔尔·霍尔瑟姆（Joel Holtham）于2026年10月9日在澳大利亚达尔比市中心合影。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为CNN拍摄。
Residents concerned about the proposed construction of AI data centre (L to R) Angela Prenzler, Shane Cora, Corey Cora and Joel Holtham are photographed in the centre of Dalby, Australia, on October 9, 2026. Dan Peled for CNN
“我原以为这对达尔比来说太棒了。如果孩子们有这方面的倾向，这对未来几代人来说是一个在那样的地方培训和工作的绝佳机会，”弗纳说。
“I thought this is fantastic for Dalby. A great opportunity for future generations coming along for the kids, if they’re that way inclined, to train and work in a place like that,” said Furner.
但在向Zerra的工作人员提出问题后，他现在认为，市议会是在没有获得足够社区支持的情况下，推进一项投机性的提议。
But after asking questions of Zerra staff, he now believes the council’s pushing ahead with a speculative proposition without enough community buy-in.
“我们需要一场公开会议。这对这个城镇来说是一件大事，”他说。
“We need a public meeting. It’s such a massive deal for the town,” he said.
2026年10月9日，澳大利亚达尔比一家酒吧内，对拟建人工智能数据中心感到担忧的居民乔尔·霍尔瑟姆（Joel Holtham）接受了美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的采访。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为CNN摄。
Joel Holtham, a residents concerned about the proposed construction of AI data centre talks to CNN at a pub in Dalby, Australia, on October 9, 2026. Dan Peled for CNN
2026年10月9日，澳大利亚达尔比一家酒吧内，对拟建人工智能数据中心感到担忧的居民（从左至右）科里·科拉（Corey Cora）和肖恩·科拉（Shane Cora）接受了CNN的采访。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为CNN摄。
Residents concerned about the proposed construction of AI data centre (L to R) Corey Cora and Shane Cora talk to CNN at a pub in Dalby, Australia, on October 9, 2026. Dan Peled for CNN
史密斯（Smith）市长表示，市议会对此事不会举行公开会议：“我们总是避开市政厅会议。这通常不会有什么好结果。”
Mayor Smith said the council wouldn’t be holding public meetings on the matter: “We always stay away from town hall meetings. It generally doesn’t end up well.”
当被问及为居民提供替代信息来源是否也属于市议会的职责时，史密斯说：“我们需要各司其职。我们不是数据中心方面的专家。因此，我认为如果我们公开谈论数据中心是不妥的。”“我们将远离关于人工智能数据中心的大规模讨论。”
Asked if it was also up to the council to provide residents with an alternative source of information, Smith said: “We need to stay in our lane. We aren’t the experts on data centers. So, for us to be in the public talking about data centers would, I think, be wrong.”“We will stay out of the larger data center AI discussion.”
这种缺乏讨论的情况让一些居民感到沮丧，他们觉得自己的家园正被卷入美国和中国之间的人工智能竞争中，使他们面临一个未必是他们想要的未来。
The lack of discussion is frustrating some residents who feel their home is being pulled into the competitive AI race between the US and China, exposing them to a future they don’t necessarily want.
“感觉我们就像身处一部奇怪的科幻电影中，一切都在迅速失控，”来自达令唐斯环境委员会（Darling Downs Environment Council）的阿里·塔隆（Ahri Tallon）说。
“It feels like we’re in a weird sci-fi movie and everything’s just spiraling out of control really quickly,” said Ahri Tallon, from the Darling Downs Environment Council.
“我们确实像世界各地的许多人一样，呼吁政府对人工智能和数据中心实施暂停令，并真正花时间与社区合作，进行我们需要考虑的深入伦理对话，即这项技术在多大程度上可能带来益处，但又在多大程度上可能带来坏处？”
“We’re really calling on the government, as many people are around the world, to put a moratorium on AI and data centers and really take the time to work with the community to go through the deep ethical conversations that we need to think about in terms of how much can this technology be potentially for good, but how much could it be for bad?”
达令唐斯环境委员会协调员阿里·塔隆（Ahri Tallon）希望就托管大型人工智能数据中心的风险进行更多公开讨论。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为CNN摄。
Ahri Tallon, co-ordinator of the Darling Down Environment Council, wants more public discussion about the risks of hosting a large AI data center. Dan Peled for CNN
其他人则着眼于与一个耗水、耗电的行业共享家园的现实问题，以及未来或许能为他们的孩子提供更多返乡就业机会的前景，但他们也担心这可能会带来另一系列最终将迫使他们离开的挑战。
Others look at the practicalities of sharing their home with a water- and power-hungry industry, and a future where there may be more jobs for their children to come home to, but perhaps another set of challenges that will ultimately drive them away.
谢伊·杜加尔（Shay Dougall）20年前在一家煤层气处理设施的建设期间从事职业健康与安全工作，后来嫁给了一位农民。她目前是悉尼大学的博士后研究助理，专门研究工业化对农村地区的影响。
Shay Dougall took a job in workplace health and safety during the construction of a coal seam gas processing facility 20 years ago, married a farmer, and now works as a postdoctoral research associate with the University of Sydney examining the impact of industrialization in rural areas.
她亲眼目睹了那些在天然气行业扩张、随后又在可再生能源行业扩张压力下苦苦挣扎的农民所遭受的痛苦，她现在担心数据中心也会出现同样的情况。
She’s seen firsthand the distress of farmers who’ve strained under the expansion of the gas industry, then renewables, and she now fears the same is happening with data centers.
“这些人不仅在承载这种工业化，而且还受到了由此产生的气候变化的影响。所以，这简直是双重打击，”她说。
“Those people not only are hosting this industrialization, but they’ve been impacted by the changes to the climate as a result of it. So, it’s just a double whammy,” she said.
在昆士兰州，政府并未排除批准新建燃煤电厂以支持该州人工智能扩张的可能性——前提是科技公司为此买单。该地区的联邦议会议员对增加煤炭产量的可能性表示赞赏。
In Queensland, the government hasn’t ruled out the approval of new coal-fired power stations to support the expansion of AI in the state – if tech companies pay for them. The federal member of parliament for the area has praised the possibility of more coal production.
“仅拟建的西唐斯（Western Downs）数据中心峰值容量就达到2.16吉瓦，超过了昆士兰州每日电力消耗的四分之一。仅靠可再生能源是无法维持这种运行的。煤炭就在这里……”他在一篇Facebook帖子中写道。
“The proposed Western Downs data centre alone has a peak capacity of 2.16 gigawatts, more than a quarter of Queensland’s daily electricity consumption. You cannot run that on renewables alone. The coal is here…” he said in a Facebook post.
2026年10月10日，澳大利亚达尔比，当地居民沿着迈尔溪（Myall Creek）跑步和散步。丹·佩莱德（Dan Peled）为美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）拍摄。
Local residents run and walk along Myall Creek in Dalby, Australia, on October 10, 2026. Dan Peled for CNN As Anthropic prepares to launch an IPO – potentially valuing the company at $1.5 trillion – it’s promising to spend tens of millions of dollars in the areas it operates.
随着Anthropic准备进行首次公开募股（IPO）——其估值可能达到1.5万亿美元——该公司承诺将在其运营地区投入数千万美元。为此，它正在澳大利亚招聘一名“社区参与经理”，其职责将是“使Anthropic成为一个值得信赖、可见且受重视的邻居”。
To that end, it’s hiring a “community engagement manager” in Australia whose role will be to “make Anthropic a trusted, visible, and valued neighbour.”
但在达尔比，问题在于信任随着钻井水一同枯竭了，一些居民并没有看到人工智能公司、地方议会和政府所吹捧的机遇，而只看到了更多潜在的问题。
But the problem in Dalby is that trust dried up with the bore water, and some residents don’t see the same opportunity touted by AI companies, the council and the government – just more potential problems.
市长史密斯并不认为这会消耗资源，他将人工智能行业的兴趣视为让水流重新涌动的一种方式。他希望为该地区的新水利基础设施争取数十亿美元的投资，并正着眼于州政府、联邦政府以及开发商来实现这一目标。
Rather than being a drain on resources, Smith, the mayor, sees interest from the AI industry as one way to get the water flowing. He wants billions of dollars of investment for new water infrastructure in the region – and is looking at the state and federal governments, as well as developers – to get it.
史密斯表示，他“几乎每天”都在与其他数据中心开发商进行沟通，商讨迁入该地区的事宜。据能源情报平台RenewMap称，这是全国性转变的一部分，目前有更多大型设施的开发申请被提交，且选址正进一步远离大都市区。
Smith said he’s having “almost daily” conversations with other data center developers about moving to the area, part of a national shift that’s seeing more development applications lodged for larger facilities, further away from metro regions, according to energy intelligence platform RenewMap.
“我们知道，我们唯一能保证的是，数据中心是我们国家未来的一部分，”史密斯说。“西唐斯地区面临的问题是，我们想要它们落户这里吗？”“我们是想抓住眼前的机遇，还是想把这个机会拱手让人？”
“We know that the one guarantee we have is that data centers are a part of our nation’s future,” said Smith. “The question here on the Western Downs is do we want them here?”“Do we want to take the opportunity that is there, or do we want to give that opportunity to somebody else?”