一位知情人士周一表示，新成立的支持数据中心的超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）“建设未来”（Building the Future）将投入超过150万美元，支持堪萨斯州共和党州参议员泰·马斯特森（Ty Masterson）竞选该州州长，相关细节最早由NBC新闻报道。建设未来是支持人工智能的超级政治行动委员会“引领未来”（Leading the Future）的分支机构，后者由人工智能领域的重量级人物支持，被认为是中期选举中推动行业利益的领先超级政治行动委员会。
Building the Future, a new pro-data center super PAC, is spending more than $1.5 million to back Kansas state Sen. Ty Masterson, a Republican, in the state’s battle for governor, a person familiar with the spending said Monday in details first shared with NBC News. Building the Future is an offshoot of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, backed by AI heavyweights and arguably the leading super PAC promoting industry interests in the midterm elections.
周一早些时候，《纽约时报》报道称，建设未来还计划投入约150万美元购买广告，以支持共和党参议员达琳·格雷厄姆（Darline Graham）在南卡罗来纳州参议院选举中的竞选。八月，属于引领未来网络的非营利组织“构建美国人工智能”（Build American AI）宣布，在堪萨斯州、俄亥俄州和威斯康星州开展一项数百万美元的广告活动，旨在推动其偏好的数据中心增长监管政策。
Earlier Monday, The New York Times reported that Building the Future is also set to spend about $1.5 million in advertising to boost GOP Sen. Darline Graham in the South Carolina Senate race. In August, Build American AI, a nonprofit that is also in the Leading the Future network, announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin seeking to boost preferred policies to govern data center growth.
当时，该组织宣布成立政治团体建设未来。该组织八月表示，将支持那些支持“加强和保护社区、保护水资源、防止电费上涨的负责任政策，同时确保美国在人工智能领域保持领先地位，为美国工人创造高薪工作”的候选人。这笔新支出是在数月来反对数据中心开发的声音日益高涨之后出现的，为人工智能热潮提供动力的庞大建筑已成为全国选民的关键议题。
At the time, it announced the formation of the political group, Building the Future. The group said in August it would back candidates who support “responsible policies that strengthen and protect communities, preserve water resources, and prevent rate hikes on electricity bills, while ensuring American leadership in AI and creating good-paying jobs for American workers.”The new spending followed months of opposition to data center development intensifying, with the sprawling structures needed to power the AI boom becoming a key issue for voters across the country.
堪萨斯州是少数几个由民主党控制、共和党今年秋天有望翻转的州长职位之一。非党派的库克政治报告（Cook Political Report）将该竞选列为倾向共和党。该州还有一场竞争激烈的参议院选举，由共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔（Roger Marshall）与民主党牧师亚当·汉密尔顿（Adam Hamilton）对决。
Kansas is one of the only Democratic-controlled governorships that Republicans have a shot at flipping this fall. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report lists that race as leaning Republican. The state also features a competitive Senate contest between Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton.
在周一的一份声明中，霍尔舍称马斯特森是“大科技公司的傀儡”，想要“在每个街角和每片玉米地都建一个数据中心”。“这也是为什么他要给他们减税，而普通堪萨斯人的成本却在上涨，”她补充道。“这些亿万富翁首席执行官知道我不会为他们效力，这就是他们花费数百万来击败我的原因。但我将继续为数据中心设立护栏而战，并永远把堪萨斯人放在首位。”马斯特森没有立即就本文置评。
In a statement Monday, Holscher called Masterson a “stooge for Big Tech” who wants “to put a data center on every corner and in every cornfield.”“It’s also why he’s going to give them tax breaks while everyday Kansans’ costs go up,” she added. “These billionaire CEOs know that I won’t do their bidding, and that’s why they’re spending millions to beat me. But I’ll keep fighting for guardrails on data centers, and I’ll always put Kansans first.”Masterson did not immediately provide comment for this article.
数据中心已成为堪萨斯州和南卡罗来纳州以及全国其他州的热门议题。在堪萨斯州，马斯特森反对暂停令，并为他投票支持的一项2025年法律进行了辩护，该法律为数据中心投资提供了销售税豁免。霍尔舍也投了赞成票，但此后呼吁全州范围内暂停此类开发。在南卡罗来纳州，格雷厄姆将这些投资描述为国家安全所必需，同时表示支持由地方控制其建设。格雷厄姆的民主党对手安妮·安德鲁斯呼吁暂停新项目，并称格雷厄姆为“数据中心达琳”。
Data centers have been a hot issue in both Kansas and South Carolina, as well as other states across the country. In Kansas, Masterson has opposed moratoriums and has defended a 2025 law he voted for that provided sales tax exemption for data center investments. Holscher voted for that law too but has since called for a statewide moratorium on the developments. In South Carolina, Graham has framed the investments as necessary for national security while expressing support for local control over their construction. Annie Andrews, Graham’s Democratic opponent, has called for a moratorium on new projects and labeled Graham as “Data Center Darline.”