班加罗尔：印度南部卡纳塔克邦正在扩大人工智能基础设施建设，引发了对支撑该行业所需水资源和土地的担忧。
BENGALURU: The southern Indian state of Karnataka is expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure, raising concerns over the water and land needed to support the industry.
该邦的技术中心班加罗尔目前拥有31座在运营的数据中心，另有更多在建或规划中。
The state’s technology hub Bengaluru currently has 31 operational data centres with more in the pipeline.
与此同时，在班加罗尔郊外规划建设一个包含人工智能相关产业的新城区，并为此征收土地的计划，遭遇了农民的抵制，他们担心失去生计。
Meanwhile, plans to acquire land for a township outside Bengaluru that would include AI-related industries have met resistance from farmers who fear losing their livelihoods.
供水担忧 在班加罗尔的电子城——一个主要的科技和工业区，IT高管普拉奈·杜贝居住在一个拥有264套公寓的住宅小区。
WATER SUPPLY CONCERNS In Bengaluru's Electronic City, a major technology and industrial area, IT executive Pranay Dubey lives in a residential complex with 264 flats.
据他运营的一个市民团体称，该区域近150个住宅小区依赖私人水车供水，因为它们未接入城市的管道供水网络。
According to a citizens' group run by him, nearly 150 housing estates in the area rely on private water tankers because they lack connections to the city's piped water supply.
该团体认为，附近的数据中心为冷却计算设备可能消耗大量水资源，正在加剧这一局面。
The group believes nearby data centres, which can use large amounts of water to cool computing equipment, are worsening the situation.
一根连接在班加罗尔私人水车上的水管，当地一些住宅小区缺乏管道供水。
A hose connected to a private water tanker in Bengaluru, where some residential estates lack piped water supply.
“水资源短缺是我们面临的最大挑战之一……我认为（数据中心）实际上是在放大水资源短缺对居民的影响，”杜贝告诉CNA。
"Water scarcity is one of the biggest challenges that we have … I think (data centres) are in fact multiplying the impact of water scarcity on the residents," Dubey told CNA.
随着人工智能成为班加罗尔日常生活的一部分，卡纳塔克邦政府已承认数据中心的资源需求，并正在探索使其更具可持续性的方法。
As AI becomes part of everyday life in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government has acknowledged the resource demands of data centres and is exploring ways to make them more sustainable.
卡纳塔克邦内政部长普里扬克·卡尔格同时也负责信息技术和生物技术部门，他提到使用再生废水、液冷技术以及更多依赖可再生能源作为可能的措施。“我们想看看如何能让它更环保、更好、更可持续，”他说。
Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge, who also oversees the information technology and biotechnology portfolios, cited the use of treated wastewater, liquid cooling technology and greater reliance on renewable energy as possible measures. "We want to see how we can make it greener, better, more sustainable," he said.
农民反对征地 除了班加罗尔，卡纳塔克邦扩大人工智能生态系统的计划也引发了对农业用地的担忧。
FARMERS OPPOSE LAND ACQUISITION Beyond Bengaluru, Karnataka's plans to expand its AI ecosystem have also raised concerns over agricultural land.
卡纳塔克邦政府拟在班加罗尔西南部比达迪附近建设“大班加罗尔综合城镇”，计划划拨超过800公顷土地用于人工智能相关及配套产业。
The state government's proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township, near Bidadi, southwest of Bengaluru, includes plans to set aside more than 800ha for AI-related and ancillary industries.
来自多个村庄的数百名农民已抗议征地计划18个多月，称该开发项目威胁到种植多种作物的肥沃农田。
Hundreds of farmers from several villages have been protesting plans to acquire land for the township for more than 18 months, saying the development threatens fertile farmland used to grow multiple crops.
尽管遭遇抵制，政府仍于6月发布最终通知，拟在项目首阶段征收三个村庄约210公顷土地。
Despite the resistance, the government issued a final notification in June to acquire about 210ha across three villages in the first phase of the project.
环保人士洛凯什·B·S表示，该地区种植槟榔、椰子、香蕉等作物，并从事养蚕业（即蚕丝养殖）。蚕丝是班加罗尔周边农民种植的农产品之一。
Environmentalist Lokesh BS said the area supports crops including betel nuts, coconuts and bananas, as well as sericulture, or silkworm farming. Silkworms are among the agricultural products raised by farmers near Bengaluru.
反对该项目者包括45岁的妮拉，她是三个孩子的母亲，家里拥有约4公顷农田。
Among those opposing the project is 45-year-old Neela, a mother of three whose family owns about 4ha of farmland.
她说，这块土地世代相传，靠养蚕和种植槟榔的收入供孩子们上学。
She said the land has been passed down through generations, with the income from silk farming and betel nut cultivation helping to pay for her children's education.
“土地是祖辈留下的。他们要在这建城镇，我们现在还能去哪儿？”她说。
"The land is owned by our ancestors. They are making a township here and where else can we go now?" she said.
“我们不想给他们。（即使）给钱，我们也不要豪车黄金过日子。我们对现状很满意。”
"We don’t want to give it to them. (Even with) the money they would give, we don’t want luxury cars or gold to live our lives. We are happy with what we have."
在农业与工业间寻求平衡发布征地通知一个月后，卡纳塔克邦政府向农民保证不会强行征地。政府还成立委员会，在反对声中审查城镇项目并听取各方意见。哈尔格表示，工业发展对卡纳塔克邦的未来依然重要。
BALANCE BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY A month after issuing the land acquisition notification, the Karnataka government assured farmers that their land would not be taken by force. It has also appointed a committee to review the township project and consider differing public views amid the opposition. Kharge said industrial development remains important to Karnataka's future.
“我们是农业经济体，保持这一点一直是好的。但同时，工业化也需要健康的平衡，”他说。
"We are an agrarian economy and it's always good to be that. But at the same time, there needs to be a healthy balance of industrialisation," he said.
“在这个快速变化的时代，最不想做的事就是作为一个国家落后于人。”
"In this era of rapid change, the last thing that you want to do is be left behind as a nation."