共和党籍缅因州参议员苏珊·柯林斯在中期选举的最后一场辩论中为自己的政绩辩护时，遭到了一名观众的打断。
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, was midway through defending her record during the final debate of the midterms when an audience member cut her short.
“我很害怕，”一名男子大喊道，“人工智能数据中心正在摧毁我们的气候。它们正在污染我们的水。”柯林斯对这一插话不以为意，将这名男子与她的民主党挑战者特洛伊·杰克逊联系起来。但回荡在礼堂里的恐惧并非那么容易被忽视。就在选民前往投票站的前几天，对资源饥渴的数据中心的迅速扩张已经爆发为缅因州最具争议的竞选议题之一。缅因州在4月份吸引了全国媒体的头条关注，当时该州立法机构
"I'm terrified," a man shouted. "AI data centers are destroying our climate. They are poisoning our water." Collins brushed off the outburst, tying the man to her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson. But the fear echoing through the auditorium wasn't so easily dismissed. Just days before voters head to the polls, the rapid expansion of resource-hungry data centers has exploded into one of Maine's most volatile campaign issues. Maine drew national headlines in April when the state Le …