新斯科舍省省长蒂姆·休斯顿办公室的一名工作人员上周给多伦多都会大学的一名教授发了一封投诉邮件，并抄送了一名加拿大广播公司新闻记者和该教授所在系所的系主任。10月28日，新斯科舍省省长蒂姆·休斯顿坚持其办公室向多伦多一名教授发出的投诉，该教授曾就一项拟建的人工智能数据中心发表评论。
A staffer from Premier Tim Houston's office emailed a complaint last week to a Toronto Metropolitan University professor and included a CBC News reporter and the chair of the professor's department on the October 28 Duration Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is doubling down on a complaint his office sent to a university professor in Toronto who commented on a proposed artificial intelligence data centre.
休斯顿办公室的一名工作人员上周发送了这封投诉，并将邮件副本抄送给了一名加拿大广播公司新闻记者和该教授所在系所的系主任。
A staffer from Houston's office sent the complaint last week, emailing a copy of the message to a CBC News reporter and the chair of the professor's department.
周三，省长蒂姆·休斯顿在接受记者采访时表示，他很高兴他的通讯顾问发送了这封批评性的信息。“我很高兴他发送了那条信息，向某人提供一些额外信息，而此人显然缺乏信息，却又以专家身份发言，”休斯顿说。
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston said he's glad his communications adviser sent the critical "I'm happy he sent that message to provide some additional information to somebody who was clearly lacking in information but yet speaking as an expert," Houston said.
这份反馈是在多伦多都会大学传播学副教授西博·陈（Sibo Chen）接受加拿大广播公司采访后传来的。陈在采访中表示，公众对数据中心项目在用水量和电费上涨方面的担忧是有道理的。
The feedback came after Sibo Chen, an associate professor of communication at Toronto Metropolitan University, gave a media interview to CBC saying that public concerns about the data centre project over water usage and electricity rate hikes were valid.
省长办公室的一名通讯顾问威廉·伯恩斯（William Burns）表示，陈的“片面评论”不负责任，且缺乏对当地社区的研究支持。
William Burns, a communications adviser with the premier's office, said Chen's "slanted comments" were irresponsible and not backed by research on the local community.
“新斯科舍人值得获得事实，而不是以一种造成不必要焦虑的方式呈现的猜测，”伯恩斯的邮件中写道，陈将该邮件分享给了加拿大通讯社。
"Nova Scotians deserve facts, not speculation presented in a way that creates unnecessary anxiety," said Burns' email, which Chen shared with The Canadian Press.
省内公众和反对党成员对Everwind Fuels拟建的数十亿美元数据中心表示担忧，该数据中心将租给美国人工智能公司Anthropic，租期20年。
Members of the public and opposition parties in the province have expressed concerns about Everwind Fuels' proposed multi-billion dollar data centre, which would be leased to U.S. AI company Anthropic for 20 years.
截至周三下午，Change.org上一份要求停止在新斯科舍省开发人工智能数据中心的请愿书已获得超过24,000个签名。
A petition to stop the development of AI data centres in Nova Scotia on Change.org had over 24,000 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon.
“我正在成为自己研究的对象，”陈说。陈表示，抄送系所系主任意味着政府试图恐吓他。
'I'm becoming the subject of my own study,' Chen says Chen suggested that copying the department chair implies the government was trying to intimidate him.
“我实际上研究的是学者在进行知识动员时如何遭受骚扰……我正在成为自己研究的对象，”他说。
"I actually study how scholars get harassed when they go to do knowledge mobilization ... I'm becoming the subject of my own study," he said.
陈表示，他研究加拿大环境争议已有10年，这是他第一次收到省长办公室的投诉。
Chen says he has studied environmental controversies in Canada for 10 years and this is the first time he has received a complaint from a premier's office.
这些言论“应该让人脊背发凉”，钱德说。“我对油砂非常批评，但我从未收到过阿尔伯塔省省长办公室的投诉，”他在周三的一次视频采访中表示。他表示，他的言论是关于人工智能数据中心发展的普遍影响，并有同行评议研究支持。
Comments 'should send a chill down peoples' spines, Chender says "I'm very critical about the oilsands, but I never received a complaint from the premier's office in Alberta," he said in a video interview Wednesday. His comments, he said, were about the general implications of AI data centre development and backed by peer-reviewed research.
省长表示，他不知道他的团队有多频繁地联系学者，批评他们对媒体发表的言论。
The premier said he doesn't know how often his team reaches out to academics to criticize the comments they make to the media.
“我不确定我们与在媒体上发表观点的人沟通有多频繁，但我希望是经常，”休斯顿说。
"I'm not sure how often we are communicating with people who are presenting in the media, but I hope it's a lot," Houston said.
“如果有人自称是专家，并对自己错误的事情下定论，我认为我们所有人都有责任……[指出]你缺少一些信息，”他补充道。
"If somebody is presenting themselves as an expert and speaking definitively on something that they're wrong on, I think it's incumbent on all of us … [to] say there's some information you're missing," he added.
新斯科舍省新民主党领袖克劳迪娅·钱德称休斯顿的言论令人不安。
Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender called Houston's comments disturbing.
“我们刚才听到省长说的那些话，即他希望他的工作人员定期联系媒体上的人，纠正他们的专业观点，这实际上应该让人脊背发凉，”钱德周三对记者说。
"The comments that we heard just now from the premier, that he hopes that his staff are reaching out to people in the media regularly to correct them on their professional point of view, that should actually send a chill down peoples' spines," Chender told reporters Wednesday.
数据中心批评 钱德表示，省长的言论让她相信，他的工作人员正在“欺负”批评其政府项目的独立专家。
Data centre criticism Chender said the premier's comments lead her to believe that his staff are "bullying" independent experts who criticize his government's projects.
这座占地18600平方米的数据中心，第一阶段将耗电95兆瓦，预计2028年中期扩建后将耗电420兆瓦。Everwind表示，它将承担所有电力基础设施的费用，因此该项目不会推高电价。
The 18,600-square-metre data centre would draw 95 megawatts of electricity in its first phase and 420 megawatts after an expected expansion in mid-2028. Everwind says it will cover the cost of all electricity infrastructure so that project will not increase power rates.
Everwind 预计，该设施在第一阶段平均每天将使用 10 万升水，扩建完成后平均每天将使用 50 万升水。
Everwind estimates that the facility will use an average of 100,000 litres of water per day in its first phase and 500,000 litres per day after the expansion is completed.
EverWind 提议与新斯科舍省签署关于数据中心规则的具有约束力的协议 休斯顿表示愿意与数据中心就用水量、电价签署协议 在给陈的电子邮件中，伯恩斯表示，政府不会支持一个会导致客户电价上涨的项目。
EverWind proposes binding agreement with N.S. on data centre rules Houston says he's willing to sign agreement with data centre on water usage, power rates In his email to Chen, Burns said the government will not support a project that increases power rates to customers.
他还提到另一次 CBC 采访，里士满县长洛伊丝·兰德利在采访中解释说，现有条款旨在保护居民，并限制数据中心从附近的兰德里湖取水的数量。
He also highlighted another CBC interview, where Lois Landry, the warden of Richmond County explained there are provisions in place to protect residents and limit the amount of water the data centre would draw from nearby Lake Landrie.
伯恩斯还暗示，作为多伦多一所大学的教授，陈无法理解数据中心对新斯科舍省的影响。
Burns also suggested that as a professor from a Toronto university, Chen could not understand the impact of data centre in Nova Scotia.
陈表示，伯恩斯的回复表明政府传递的信息是：公民无需担心该项目。
Chen said the response from Burns suggests the government is sending the message that citizens don't need to be concerned about the project.
不过，他说，省政府尚未向公众提供关于拟建数据中心的足够信息，他理解为什么新斯科舍人会感到担忧。
However, he said the province hasn't provided enough information to the public about the proposed data centre and he understands why Nova Scotians are worried.
陈说，在看到他因评论而遭到新斯科舍省政府反驳后，当地大学教授可能不愿表达他们对数据中心的担忧。“我认为这正是人们不愿对此发表评论的原因，”他说。
Chen said local university professors may not feel comfortable expressing their concerns about the data centre after seeing the pushback he received from the Nova Scotia government. "I think that's precisely why people don't want to comment on this," he said.
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