随着数据中心从默默无闻跃升为选民最关心的议题之一，中期选举候选人纷纷就此表态。争夺最激烈的是州长竞选，该职位展现出了在大范围限制数据中心方面最大的权力。无论哪位候选人获胜，该行业面临的大门都可能进一步关闭，留给它的建设地点更少，且在仍可建设的地方成本更高。
As data centers have gone from obscurity to the top of voters’ minds, midterm candidates are taking a stance on the issue. The fight is most heated in races for governor, the office that has shown the most power to limit data centers on a broad scale. Whichever candidates win, more doors are likely to close on the industry, leaving it with fewer places to build and higher costs where it still can.
据《The Information》对候选人政纲和公开声明的分析，在周二举行州长选举的36个州中，有21个州至少有一位主要政党提名人支持数据中心暂停令。在密歇根州、新罕布什尔州、俄亥俄州、俄勒冈州和得克萨斯州这五个州，两位提名人均支持暂停。根据近期民调，在缅因州、新墨西哥州和纽约州这三个州，承诺暂停的候选人极有可能获胜。
In 21 of the 36 states electing a governor on Tuesday, at least one major-party nominee backs a data center moratorium, according to The Information’s analysis of candidate platforms and public statements. Both nominees back pauses in five states (Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon and Texas), and a candidate promising a pause is likely to win in three (Maine, New Mexico and New York), based on recent polls.
在另外七个州——阿拉斯加、佛罗里达、佐治亚、爱荷华、堪萨斯、威斯康星和佛蒙特——支持暂停的候选人与不支持的候选人之间的竞争可能非常胶着。这15个州拥有美国三分之一以上的人口。
In seven more, it could be a close race between a candidate who backs a pause and one who doesn’t (Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin and Vermont). Those 15 states are home to more than a third of the U.S. population.