周四公布的预测显示，挪威数据中心带来的电力需求将快速增长，这进一步加剧了政策制定者和能源市场运营商的担忧。一个政党已要求在议会下周召开紧急辩论，这可能会导致对新建数据中心的禁令。
Forecasts published on Thursday of rapid growth in power demand from data centres in Norway have further underscored concerns among policymakers and energy market operators, with one political party calling an emergency debate in parliament next week that may lead to a ban on new data centres.
挪威能源监管机构挪威水资源和能源局（NVE）局长谢蒂尔·伦德对路透社表示，数据中心行业在三到四年前几乎还不存在，如今已占3至4太瓦时的需求，约占总量的2.5%，并将继续快速增长。
The data centre sector, which barely existed three to four years ago, now accounts for between 3 and 4 terawatt hours (TWh) of demand, about 2.5% of the total, and is set to continue growing fast, Kjetil Lund, the head of the the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), the energy regulator, told Reuters.
挪威是最新一个数据中心快速增长遭遇阻力的国家，批评者称，这个主要由外资拥有的行业提供的就业岗位很少，还会推高电价。数据中心也是美国中期选举前的一个主要议题。
Norway is the latest country where the rapid growth of data centres is meeting resistance, with critics saying the largely foreign-owned industry provides few jobs and will push up power prices. Data centres are also a major topic ahead of midterm elections in the US.
由数字化和公共治理部委托进行的一项研究称，2025年数据中心带来的直接价值创造约为32亿克朗（3.45亿美元），雇用的员工相当于约600个全职岗位。
A study commissioned by the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance said data centres accounted for a direct value creation of about 3.2 billion crowns ($345 million) in 2025, and employed the equivalent of around 600 full-time positions.
挪威水资源和能源局周四发布的报告显示，根据已获批的电网接入，到2035年该行业的用电量可能达到25太瓦时。
By 2035, the industry may consume 25 TWh based on already approved grid connections, a NVE report published on Thursday showed.
报告还称，挪威的电力系统以水力发电为主，该国通常有约15太瓦时的电力盈余，但由于发电能力增长甚微，电力短缺的风险日益增加。这与输电系统运营商Statnett近期的警告一致。
Norway's electricity system is dominated by hydropower generation, and the country typically has a power surplus of about 15 TWh, but with little growth in generation capacity, there is an increasing risk of a power deficit, the report added, in line with a recent warning from transmission system operator Statnett.
一些政客呼吁停止数据中心的审批和建设，极左翼的红党表示将于下周提出这样的动议。其他政党已表示支持暂停，但目前尚不清楚该动议是否拥有足够的支持以获得多数通过。
Some politicians are calling for a halt to data centre permitting and construction, with the far-left Red Party saying it will propose such a motion next week. Other parties have shown support for a halt, but it is not immediately clear whether the motion has enough support to win a majority.
少数派工党政府已在着手制定短期和长期措施，以使局势得到控制，能源大臣特里耶·阿斯兰对路透社表示。
The minority Labour Party-run government is already working on both short-term and long-term measures to bring the situation under control, energy minister Terje Aasland told Reuters.
他说：“关键在于确保在挪威建立正确类型的数据中心，即那些在国家层面具有战略重要性的数据中心。我还在研究这些发展如何影响电力系统。”
"It is about ensuring the right kind of data centre establishments in Norway, those that are strategically important at a national level. I am also examining how these developments affect the power system," he added.