Sherri Fahringer 承认，她已完全被这场她正在发起的斗争所吞噬。她的情绪从愤怒到失望不等。她说话时透着一种精疲力竭的感觉，有时甚至流露出绝望。
Sherri Fahringer admits she's become completely consumed by the fight she’s waging. Her emotions range from anger to disappointment. When she speaks, there’s a sense of exhaustion and, at times, even hopelessness.
在俄亥俄州中部一个农村社区里，她那栋两层楼住宅的对面街道上，正在筹划将邻近的农田改建成一个庞大的数据中心综合体。
Across the street from her two-storey home in a rural community in central Ohio, plans are underway to transform neighbouring farmland into a sprawling data centre complex.
Fahringer 称，市规划办公室公开可查的文件显示，该项目将包含 15 栋独立建筑，配备柴油发电机和全天候工业照明。她说，她和丈夫大约一年前购买这套房子时，这些规划并未告知他们。
Fahringer says publicly accessible documents at the city's planning office show there will be 15 separate buildings with diesel generators and 24/7 industrial lighting. She says these plans weren't shared with her or her husband when they purchased the home about a year ago.
“我很害怕。我不知道这在身体上、情感上、经济上会对我造成什么影响，”她在位于俄亥俄州 Commercial Point 村的家中接受 CBC News 采访时说道。
"I am scared. I don’t know what it’s going to do physically, emotionally, financially," she said during an interview with CBC News at her home in the village of Commercial Point, Ohio.
“我不富裕。我负担不起弃房而去，也承担不起房产贬值的损失，”她说。“我不知道我们该怎么办。” 为了反击，这位公共卫生工作者结识了一位意想不到的盟友。自称是自由派民主党选民的 Fahringer，正与保守派共和党人 Amanda Wasmus 合作。
"I’m not wealthy. I can’t afford to abandon my house or take a loss on it," she said. "I don’t know what we’re going to do." In an attempt to fight back, the public health worker has teamed up with an unlikely ally. Fahringer, who identifies as a liberal Democrat voter, is working with Amanda Wasmus, a conservative Republican.
“我认识 Sherri 是因为她有着同样的热情。我们要怎么让这事停下来？”Wasmus 在 Fahringer 的餐桌旁接受采访时说道。
"I met Sherri because she shares the same passion. How do we get this to stop?" Wasmus said during an interview at Fahringer’s kitchen table.
“我们大家搬来这里，都以为这是美国的农村……而这种生活正在慢慢消失，”Wasmus 说。
"We all moved thinking this was rural America … and that is slowly slipping away," Wasmus said.
“我敞开心扉，和一些过去可能不会交谈的人进行了交流，”Fahringer 说。
"I have opened up and talked to people that maybe in the past I wouldn’t have talked to," Farhinger said.
跨党派的反弹 在这个极度两极分化的时刻——友谊和家庭关系可能因政治观点分歧而破裂——对数据中心建设的反对却跨越了传统界限。在俄亥俄州，这种跨党派的反弹尤为强烈。
Bipartisan backlash In this moment of extreme polarization — when friendships and family dynamics can deteriorate because of divergent political views — opposition to the construction of data centres has been cutting through traditional divides. In Ohio, the bipartisan backlash is especially strong.
该州的民调一致显示，开发建设及其扩张速度在大多数居民中不受欢迎。
Polling in the state has consistently shown development and the pace of expansion is unpopular with the majority of residents.
这其中包括俄亥俄北方大学公民与公共政策研究所本月早些时候与SurveyUSA合作发布的一项民调结果。这项作为标准民调进行的调查发现，绝大多数受访者反对数据中心在该州扩张。是什么导致了人们对AI数据中心的反弹日益加剧？
That includes the results of a poll released earlier this month by the Ohio Northern University Institute for Civics and Public Policy, in partnership with SurveyUSA. The survey, conducted this month as a standard poll, found a clear majority of respondents oppose the growth of data centres in the state. What's behind the growing backlash toward AI data centres?
民调显示数据中心在阿尔伯塔省不受欢迎。它们会成为政治累赘吗？
Data centres are unpopular in Alberta, poll suggests. Are they a political liability?
州议员和行业追踪组织估计，该州目前有200多座数据中心正在运营或建设中。
State lawmakers and industry tracking groups estimate there are more than 200 data centres in the state that are either active or under construction.
俄亥俄州商会引用其2024年汇编的数字称，到2030年，该州已吸引超过400亿美元的私人投资用于数据中心开发。该组织还表示，这些投资已支持超过9.5万个就业岗位。
Citing numbers it compiled in 2024, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce says the state has attracted more than $40 billion in private investment for data centre development by 2030. The organization also says the investment has supported more than 95,000 jobs.
批评者对这类项目实际上能为社区创造多少长期就业岗位提出了质疑。总部位于华盛顿特区的智库布鲁金斯学会的一项研究发现，就业增长在很大程度上取决于设施的类型。
Critics have raised questions about how many long-term jobs these kinds of projects actually create in communities. A study by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think-tank, found that job growth largely depended on the type of facility.
该研究的一个关键结论是：“数据中心确实创造了本地就业岗位，但数量比行业倡导者声称的要少。”随着法林格和瓦斯穆斯等民主党人和共和党人共同合作，这已成为对其中一个党派比另一个党派更具威胁性的迫在眉睫的问题。至少目前是这样。
One of the study's key takeaways was that "data centres do create local jobs, though fewer than industry advocates claim." With Democrats and Republicans like Fahringer and Wasmus working together, it’s become a looming issue for one party more than the other. At least for now.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普大力支持数据中心。他呼吁加快发展速度、减少监管限制。而这与他的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）基本盘成员的意愿不符，他需要这些人在11月去投票站投票。
U.S. President Donald Trump is aggressively pro-data centre. He’s called for more development to take place faster and with fewer guardrails. And that isn’t sitting well with members of his MAGA base, who he needs to show up at the polls in November.
“这不用动脑子，我投了特朗普的票，”瓦斯穆斯说。“我对特朗普满意吗？”她停顿了一下，不赞同地耸了耸肩，然后自己回答了自己的问题。
"It’s a no-brainer, I voted for Trump," Wasmus said. "Am I happy with Trump?" She pauses and shrugs disapprovingly before answering her own question.
“事情就是这样。我投了他一票，但现在我根本不在乎了。”瓦斯马斯说，她不打算在即将到来的中期选举中投票给现任共和党参议员。虽然她不是那种仅凭单一议题就决定立场的选民，但数据中心之争是她更广泛失望情绪的一部分。
"It is what it is. I voted for him, but I could care less at this point." Wasmus says she doesn't plan to vote for the incumbent Republican senator in the upcoming midterm elections. While she's not a voter who makes up her mind solely on one issue, the data centre fight is part of her broader disappointment.
这种情绪正是俄亥俄州共和党人在该摇摆州所担心的。民调显示，现任共和党参议员乔恩·休斯德与民主党挑战者谢罗德·布朗之间的竞争势均力敌。
That sentiment is what Republicans in Ohio are concerned about in the battleground state. Polls suggest the race is a toss-up between the incumbent, Republican Sen. Jon Husted, and the Democrat challenger Sherrod Brown.
共和党的挑战 竞选活动早期，民主党将数据中心确定为一个引发两党选民共同不满的议题。因此，他们围绕这一议题制作了攻击性广告，将共和党——特别是休斯德——描绘为支持数据中心的一方。
The Republican challenge Early in the election campaign, Democrats identified data centres as a source of bipartisan frustration. So they created attack ads around the issue, casting Republicans — and Husted specifically — as pro-data centre.
到8月，共和党策略师承认他们担心会遭到反弹。他们在一份首先被新闻媒体Axios获得的泄露备忘录中详细列出了具体担忧。
By August, Republican Party strategists admitted they were worried about the blowback. They detailed their specific concern in a leaked memo first obtained by the news outlet Axios.
备忘录指出，这是竞选活动中的“沉睡议题”，并接着说休斯德与数据中心开发关系密切。
The memo notes that this is the "sleeper issue," for the election campaign, and goes on to say that Husted is closely associated with data centre development.
问答 加拿大为何突然规划这么多数据中心？您的问题解答 美国中期选举临近，民主党声势大涨。以下是让特朗普的共和党感到恐慌的数据 “在这场竞选中，没有其他任何事情比数据中心更像是悬在休斯德脖子上的沉重包袱，”备忘录称。
ASK CBC NEWS Why are there suddenly so many data centres planned in Canada? Your questions answered The Democrats are surging as the U.S. midterms near. Here's the data that has Trump's Republicans spooked "More than any other thing in this race, data centres are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck," the memo said.
在似乎是试图与数据中心划清界限的举动中，休斯德支持了《费率支付人保护法案》，该法案本将要求各州考虑让科技公司承担更高的能源相关成本。
In what appears to be an attempt to distance himself from data centres, Husted backed the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would have required states to consider making technology companies responsible for covering higher energy-related costs.
尽管众议院以两党支持通过了该法案，但休斯德试图推动其在参议院通过的努力未能成功。不过休斯德表示，仅这一努力就表明他站在了公众舆论一边。
Though the House passed the bill with bipartisan support, Husted's attempt to get it passed through the Senate was not successful. The effort alone though, Husted says, has demonstrated he’s aligned with public opinion.
“我只想告诉人们真相，是民主党人在阻挠《费率支付人保护法案》这类法案，”他在俄亥俄州农村地区的一次竞选活动现场接受加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻简短采访时说。
"I just have to tell people the truth that the Democrats are the ones blocking things like the Ratepayer Protection Act," he said during a brief interview with CBC News at a campaign event in rural Ohio.
“在这个问题上我一直是领军人物，过去几周这个议题对我们的形势真的发生了逆转，”他在离开活动前说道。
"I’ve been a leader on this and this issue has really flipped for us well in the last couple of weeks," he said before leaving the event.
一些哈斯特德的支持者淡化了外界的担忧，希望这一问题不会损害这位共和党候选人。
Some of Husted’s supporters are downplaying concerns, hopeful the issue won't hurt the republican candidate.
来自俄亥俄州雅典市的外科医生尼尔·内斯比特参加了哈斯特德最近的一次竞选活动，他将部分反弹归因于一种更普遍的反特朗普情绪。
Neal Nesbitt, a surgeon from Athens, Ohio, who attended Husted's recent campaign event, attributes some of the backlash to a more general anti-Trump sentiment.
“如果唐纳德·特朗普喜欢苹果派，也会有人反对苹果派，”他说。
"There are people who would oppose apple pie if Donald Trump liked it," he said.
“如果数据中心是这个国家最大的问题，那我们的处境还算不错，”曾在俄亥俄州立大学工作20多年的退休人员林恩·根特说。
"I think if data centres are our biggest problem in this country, we’re in pretty good shape," said Lynne Genter, a retiree who worked for more than 20 years at Ohio State University.
同样参加了哈斯特德活动的根特表示，她支持数据中心的发展。“现在任何人拿起手机使用任何东西，无论是ChatGPT还是人工智能，我们都需要数据中心。”
Genter, who also attended Husted's event, says she's in favour of data centre development. "When anybody opens up their phone and uses anything, whether it’s ChatGPT or AI, we need data centres."
民主党看到机遇 数据中心主要建设在较小的社区，这让一些民主党人希望这能削弱共和党在传统保守大本营的支持。
Democrats see opportunity Data centres are largely being developed in smaller communities, which has some Democrats hoping it could undermine Republican support in traditional conservative strongholds.
至少，在俄亥俄州赞斯维尔举行的谢罗德·布朗见面会集会上，民主党人表达了这种情绪。
At least, that was the sentiment among Democrats at a meet-and-greet rally for Sherrod Brown in Zanesville, Ohio.
“在农村地区，在特朗普赢得的俄亥俄州西南部地区，他们在那里建设数据中心，他的受欢迎程度下降了，好感度极差，”参加集会的退休教师吉姆·麦格里维说。
"In rural areas, areas that Trump carried in southwestern Ohio where they put data centres in, his popularity has dropped, and his favourable ratings are terrible," said Jim McGreevy, a retired teacher who was at the rally.
“所以你会认为这会转化为人们实际去投票给民主党人，或者至少让共和党人待在家里不去投票，”他说。
"So you would think that would translate into people actually voting for a Democrat, or at the very least staying home if they’re Republican and not voting," he said.
来聆听布朗演讲的半退休教授迈克尔·纳恩表示，他认为随着时间的推移，“我们将看到人们对亿万富翁掌控局面以及数据中心的反弹。”他说，他也看到民主党人和共和党人走到一起，共同进行抵制。
Michael Nern, a semi-retired professor who came to listen to Brown says he thinks that over time "we will see a reaction against billionaires running the show, and data centres." He says he too has seen Democrats and Republicans come together and push back.
“我真的没发现谁对此感到热情。” 战场州俄亥俄州的民调显示，该州的参议院竞选被视为势均力敌。
"I'm not really finding anybody to be enthusiastic about it." Battleground Ohio Polls suggest the Senate race in Ohio is considered a toss-up.
共和党人正拼命试图守住这个席位——在竞选最后冲刺阶段，特朗普在该州举行了三场单独的集会。
Republicans are desperately trying to hold on to the seat — with Trump holding three separate rallies in the state during the final stretch of the campaign.
几十年来，俄亥俄州一直被视为风向标。1964年至2016年间的每一次总统大选中，该州选民都投给了最终获胜的候选人，直到特朗普在2016年赢得他的首次大选胜利。
For decades, Ohio had been considered a bellwether. Voters there had picked the winning candidate in every Presidential election between 1964 and 2016, when Trump won his first contest.
这些中期选举将决定谁控制美国国会，直至特朗普总统任期结束。 分析：特朗普笼罩美国中期选举。他会帮助还是损害共和党？
These midterm races will decide who controls U.S. Congress for the rest of Trump's presidency Analysis Trump looms over U.S. midterms. Will he help or hurt Republicans?
该州随后右倾，在2020年大选中继续支持特朗普，尽管特朗普那次输掉了大选。特朗普在2024年也赢下了俄亥俄州。
The state shifted to the right, sticking with Trump in 2020, even when he lost the election. Trump also won Ohio in 2024.
无论该州最终结果如何，两党都将研究数据中心议题在竞选过程中是如何发酵的，这很可能在未来多年塑造选举格局。
Whatever the outcome in this state, both parties will study the way the data centre issue played out on the campaign trail, and it will likely shape future elections for years to come.