得克萨斯州农村选民的反对迫使共和党州长收回支持。戴安娜·保罗森报道 得克萨斯州农村选民几十年来压倒性地支持共和党，但今年民主党希望，选民对数据中心的反对能给他们一个机会，击败共和党州长。
Rural Texas voters' opposition pushed GOP governor to back off from his support. By Diana Paulsen Rural Texas voters have overwhelmingly backed Republicans for decades, but this year Democrats are hoping that voter opposition to data centers could give them a chance to unseat the Republican governor.
该竞选中的民主党候选人、州众议员吉娜·伊诺霍萨已将反对数据中心建设作为她对阵州长格雷格·阿博特竞选的核心内容。这场竞选已成为一场有竞争力的较量，而该州自1990年安·理查兹当选以来，就未曾选出过民主党州长。美国广播公司新闻部将该竞选评级为“共和党优势”。
The Democratic candidate in that race, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, has made opposition to data center construction a central part of her race against Gov. Greg Abbott. That race has become competitive for a state that hasn't elected a Democratic governor since Ann Richards in 1990. ABC News ranks the race as Lean Republican.
伊诺霍萨告诉美国广播公司，她没想到这个议题会如此核心地贯穿她的竞选，“但数据中心的问题是，它是政府、州长为金主利益效力、却让民众自生自灭的一个实体体现……它也讲述了得克萨斯州一个更大问题的故事。”伊诺霍萨支持暂停新建数据中心、对水电使用实施更严格监管，以及终止税收减免。
Hinojosa told ABC she didn't expect this issue to be so central to her campaign "but the thing about the data centers is it's a physical manifestation of a government, a governor during doing the bidding of the moneyed interests and leaving the people to fend for themselves ... it's also told the story of a larger problem in Texas." Hinojosa supports a moratorium on new construction, stricter regulations on water and power usage and an end to tax breaks.
她批评阿博特给予数据中心税收减免并推动该行业增长。阿博特曾表示，他希望得克萨斯州成为该行业的“中心”。
She has criticized Abbott forg tax breaks for data centers and promoting the industry's growth. Abbott once said he wanted Texas to be the "epicenter" of the industry.
伊诺霍萨表示，她在该问题上赢得了对州长失去信心的农村共和党选民的支持。
Hinojosa says that she has gained support with rural Republican voters who have lost faith in the governor on the issue.
得克萨斯州多个农村县已提起诉讼，以阻止数据中心建设，理由是担心污染、用水问题以及家庭农田的流失。
Several rural counties in Texas have sued to stop data center construction, citing concerns about pollution, water usage, and loss of family farmland.
本月早些时候进行的一项美国广播公司新闻部/《华盛顿邮报》/益普索民调发现，69%的得克萨斯州人反对在其社区新建数据中心。
An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month found that in 69% of Texans oppose new data center construction in their communities.
就此，阿博特九月宣布暂停在农村社区新建数据中心，并表示支持对数据中心的电力和用水提出更严格的要求。他对ABC新闻说：“当德州农村居民了解我制定的详细策略时，他们就会站到我这边来。”
For his part, Abbott announced a moratorium on new data center construction in rural communities in September and said he supports more stringent requirements on power and water use by the centers. He told ABC News, "When rural Texans know the detailed strategy that I have, they are coming to my side."
共和党农业专员西德·米勒在连任竞选中败给阿博特支持的挑战者，他称州长的这些承诺是“烟雾弹”。
Republican Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who lost his re-election bid to a challenger backed by Abbott, called those promises from the governor "smoke and mirrors."
他说，选民对数据中心的态度“会让他失去支持，因为他在该问题上错了。他不听人民的，他听捐款人的。”
He said that voter voters' attitudes about data centers "will cost [Abbott] support because he's wrong on the issue. He's not listening to the people.
阿博特新闻秘书爱德华多·利尔对ABC新闻说：“阿博特州长拥有全国最严格的数据中心监管措施。西德·米勒是个输不起的人，根本不知道自己在说什么。”米勒表示，他不会投票给阿博特，也不会投票给内特·希茨，后者在农业专员初选中击败了他。他将数据中心政策列为原因之一。
He's listening to his donors." Abbott press secretary Eduardo Leal told ABC News, "Governor Abbott has the strongest data center guardrails in the country. Sid Miller is a sore loser and has no idea what he's talking about." Miller says he will not vote for Abbott or Nate Sheets, the Republican who beat him in the primary for agriculture commissioner. He cites policy on data centers as one of the reasons.
当被问及是否计划在这些选举中投票给民主党人时，米勒说：“这只有我和上帝知道，而且将一直如此。”另一位终身共和党人告诉ABC新闻，他计划今年投出自己人生中第一张民主党选票，原因是阿博特在数据中心问题上的立场。
When asked if he planned to vote for the Democrats in those races, Miller said, "That's between me and God, and it's going to stay that way." Another lifelong Republican told ABC News he planned to cast his first vote for a Democrat this year because of his stance on data centers.
住在德州东南部森特维尔的海军陆战队退伍军人丹尼尔·麦科斯林表示，他家农场附近计划建设的一个数据中心促使他投票反对阿博特，他说：“他该走了。”
Daniel McCoslin, a Marine Corps veteran living in Centerville in southeastern Texas, says a planned data center near his family's farm mobilized him to vote against Abbott, saying, "He needs to go."
他形容改变投票决定是一个艰难的决定，并说：“我宁可吃猫屎也不愿吃狗屎。”一名共和党人警告说，对数据中心的反弹可能是一种过度反应，可能会损害农村社区。
He described his decision to switch his vote as a tough one saying, "I ate the cat turd instead of the dog turd." One Republican warned that the backlash over data centers might be an overreaction that could hurt rural communities.
负责监管德克萨斯州能源行业的铁路委员会委员韦恩·克里斯蒂安（Wayne Christian）本届不参加连任，他辩称数据中心为该州困难地区提供了就业和税收，并表示：“农村德克萨斯州正陷入困境……资金在外流，人口在减少。”
Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, who serves on the body that regulates Texas' energy industry and is not up for re-election this year, argues that data centers provide jobs and revenue to parts of the state that are struggling, saying, "rural Texas is in trouble ... The money is moving out, and the population is going down."
克里斯蒂安将选民的反弹归咎于中国和民主党参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）等外部势力，称德克萨斯州民众“被欺骗了。他们被告知了半真半假的说法，或者只被告知了问题所在。”
Christian blames the voter backlash on outside sources like China and Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders, saying that Texans have "been lied to. They've been told half-truths, or they've been told only the problems."
但他也承认，这可能是决定本届中期选举中其所在党派胜负的关键问题：“整个摇摆选票都在农村德克萨斯州。”
But even he admits this is the issue that could decide the midterms for his party: "The entire swing vote is rural Texas."