黛安·古德威尔和她的曾孙女眺望着环绕他们原住民部落的湖泊，在一个温暖的秋日里呼吸着清新的空气。
Dianne Goodwill and her great-granddaughter look out at the lakes surrounding their First Nation, breathing in the air on a warm autumn day.
这位73岁的长者从不把清洁的空气和水视为理所当然。她和站立水牛达科塔第一民族的其他人表示，贝尔加拿大公司正在建设加拿大最大的人工智能数据中心，这引发了人们对潜在水污染、空气污染和光污染的担忧。
The 73-year-old elder doesn't take the clean air and water for granted. She and others from Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation say Bell Canada's construction of the Canada’s largest AI data centre has sparked concern about potential water, air and light pollution.
“它不完全就在这儿，但在几英里范围内，”古德威尔说。“在我们地区周围建这么大的东西可不是个好主意。”该数据中心正在谢尔伍德农村自治区建设，位于里贾纳郊外，距离站立水牛约一小时车程。
“It’s not exactly here, but it's within miles,” Goodwill said. “It's not [a] good idea to have something that big around our area.”The data centre is being built in the RM of Sherwood just outside of Regina, about an hour’s drive from Standing Buffalo.
“我们需要站出来，就这些重要事情发声，因为这是为了我们孩子未来的利益，”古德威尔说。
“We need to stand and speak on those important things because it is for the benefit of the future of our children,” Goodwill said.
她14岁的曾孙女表示，站立水牛的学校一直在设法阻止使用人工智能。
Her 14-year-old great granddaughter said the school in Standing Buffalo has been trying to prevent the use of AI.
“它相当有害，因为人工智能能做的事很危险，”九年级学生梅利亚·伊斯纳纳说。“比如修图、制作各种照片，以及利用人工智能传播虚假信息。”站立水牛酋长罗杰·雷德曼一直在反对该数据中心。他说，他想保护自己成长的传统领地，防止设施投入运营后可能造成的污染。
“It's quite harmful [be]cause what AI can do is dangerous," said Meleah Isnana, who’s in Grade 9. "Like photoshopping, making different photos and using AI to spread misinformation.”Standing Buffalo Chief Rodger Redman has been advocating against the data centre. He said he wants to protect the traditional land he grew up on from potential pollution once the facility is up and running.
“我们得住在这儿，生活在将要留下的这些有毒废物之中，”雷德曼说。
“We have to live here, live in this toxic waste that’s going to be left,” Redman said.
“任何拥有生命灵性的事物，我们都必须守护，因为发生在他们身上的事，终将发生在我们身上。”雷德曼于10月2日正式向贝尔公司提出了关切，要求提供科学研究、监管批准和环境信息，以便审查该项目对站立水牛未让与传统领地的影响。
“Anything that has that living spirit, we have to safeguard that, because whatever happens to them is going [to] happen to us.”Redman formally raised his concerns with Bell on Oct. 2, requesting the scientific studies, regulatory approvals and environmental information necessary to examine the project’s impacts on what he said is Standing Buffalo’s unceded traditional territory.
该第一民族是该省极少数未签署正式条约的部落之一，但受《印第安法》保护。
The First Nation is one of few in the province not under a formal treaty, but is protected under the Indian Act.
雷德曼表示，如果目前的环境评估不予共享，他已准备好将贝尔加拿大告上法庭，并计划寻求暂停该项目。
Redman said he’s prepared to take Bell Canada to court if current environmental assessments aren’t shared, with a plan to pursue a moratorium on the project.
“与我们合作，给我们这些答案，让我们进行自己的评估，承认印第安人的权利，”雷德曼说。
“Work with us, give us these answers, let us do our own assessments, recognize the rights of the Indian people,” Redman said.
“我们是我们自己立法的叙述者。”贝尔加拿大拒绝接受加拿大广播公司（CBC）的采访，但在一份声明中表示，已提出与该原住民部落会面，但斯坦丁布法罗部落尚未接受公司的提议。贝尔加拿大表示，环境评估将在项目的下一扩建阶段公开。
“We’re the narrative of our own legislation.”Bell Canada declined an interview with CBC, but said in a statement that it has offered to meet with the First Nation and Standing Buffalo has yet to take the company up on the offer. Bell Canada said an environmental assessment will be made public with the project’s next expansion phase.
这座耗资520亿加元的设施是加拿大最大的单一私营部门资本投资项目。
The $52-billion facility stands as Canada's largest single private sector capital investment.
贝尔加拿大告诉加拿大广播公司：“从一开始，保护土地、水源以及住在附近的人们就指导了该园区的设计。”公司指出，其采用了密封的闭环水冷却系统，以最大限度地减少废弃物。公司称，该系统可运行10年以上，无需更换或添加冷却液。贝尔加拿大还表示，正在与萨斯喀彻温省的原住民部落合作。
Bell Canada told CBC that “protecting the land, water and the people who live nearby has guided the design of this campus from the start.”The company pointed to a sealed, closed-loop water cooling system to minimize waste. It said the system can run for more than 10 years without the fluid needing to be changed or topped up. Bell Canada also said it is working with First Nations in Saskatchewan.
乔治戈登原住民部落发展公司与贝尔合作该项目，并表示这为原住民在一个新领域创造了就业机会。
The George Gordon First Nation Development Corporation partnered with Bell on the project and said it is opening up work for Indigenous people in a new sector.
“这些项目终将发生，”该公司首席执行官唐·罗斯说。“所以我们要么走在前面，要么坐在街对面抱怨它们被建起来。”乔治戈登原住民部落拥有与项目场地相邻的土地。罗斯表示，已有约85名原住民受雇协助建设数据中心。
“These projects are going to happen,” said Don Ross, the company’s CEO. “So we can either be in front of them or we can sit across the street and complain about them being built.”George Gordon First Nation owns land that borders the site. Ross said about 85 Indigenous people have already been hired to help build the data centre.
“我们想要获得就业和培训，拥有职业生涯，就像萨斯喀彻温省的其他人一样，”他说。“这正是我们与贝尔正在做的事。”罗斯表示，他希望看到贝尔的人力资源计划，以确认中心投入运营后将承诺雇佣多少原住民，以便他能开始帮助相关学位持有者为这些工作做好准备。
“We want to be employed and trained and have careers just like the rest of Saskatchewan people,” he said. “That’s what we’re doing with Bell.”Ross said he’d like to see an HR plan from Bell to confirm how many Indigenous people it will commit to hiring once the centre is running, so that he can begin helping people with relevant degrees ready themselves for the jobs.
贝尔加拿大公司告诉加拿大广播公司（CBC），一旦该中心投入运营，将在数据中心和发电领域创造280至500个永久职位，并在里贾纳新设的贝尔AI Fabric总部增设多达100个管理职位。
Bell Canada told CBC that once the centre is running it will create 280 to 500 permanent roles between the data centres and power generation, along with up to 100 management roles at a new Bell AI Fabric head office in Regina.
罗斯表示，环境监管由斯坦丁布法罗达科塔第一民族与贝尔公司共同负责，这是双方协议的一部分。
Ross said environmental oversight between the First Nation and Bell was a part of their agreement.
他指出，现场能听到嗡嗡声，但已采取建筑隔音堤等缓解措施来解决这一问题。
He noted that a hum can be heard from the site, but said mitigation measures like berms are in place to address that issue.
广泛抵制、抗议活动 对该数据中心的反对声音已超出斯坦丁布法罗达科塔第一民族范围。
Widespread pushback, protests Opposition to the data centre extends beyond Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation.
今年在萨斯喀彻温省已发生多起针对该项目的抗议活动。民众称，环保规程缺乏透明度，且未对附近居民进行公众咨询。
There have been multiple protests against it this year in Saskatchewan. People say there’s been a lack of transparency on environmental protocol and no public consultation for those living nearby.
抗议者迪伦·布洛克10月下旬在谢伍德农村自治市办公室外的集会上表示：“这是我对该数据中心担心的一点，如果他们在现场储存柴油，万一发生事故会有什么应对计划。”
“That's one thing that I'm worried about for this data centre, if they're going to keep diesel on site and what plans they're going to have in place if something should occur,” protester Dylan Block said at a rally at the RM of Sherwood’s office in late October.
“如果在现场储存柴油，就无法保证不会泄漏。”布洛克表示，他赞同斯坦丁布法罗第一民族要求公开环境评估的诉求。
“If you're keeping diesel on site, there is no way to guarantee that it will not leak.”Block said he agrees with Standing Buffalo’s requests for the environmental assessments to be made public.
“这是他们的土地，似乎贝尔数据中心不打算尊重这一点，”他说。
“This is their land and it seems that Bell data centre is not interested in respecting that,” he said.
进军数据领域 联邦政府于6月启动“全民AI”战略，旨在保障加拿大数据资产安全，减少对外国技术供应商的依赖。大型数据中心正在全国各地涌现，从阿尔伯塔省到新斯科舍省，如今又有了萨斯喀彻温省这个1.2吉瓦的项目。商业分析师基思·威洛比表示，该中心为该省开辟了新领域。
Breaking into the data sector In June the federal government launched its AI for All strategy, aiming to secure Canadian data assets and reduce reliance on foreign tech providers. Massive data centres are popping up across the country, from Alberta to Nova Scotia, and now the 1.2-gigawatt project in Saskatchewan. Business analyst Keith Willoughby said the centre is new ground for the province.
“威洛比说：“几十年来，萨斯喀彻温省一直是资源驱动型经济。”他是萨斯喀彻温大学爱德华兹商学院院长。
“We in Saskatchewan have been a resource driven economy for decades,” said Willoughby, the dean of the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan.
“然而，该数据中心让我们能够以更深层次的方式参与知识经济和科技领域。” 省政府一直致力于支持贝尔公司的该项目，并表示该开发将极大地造福萨斯喀彻温省的经济。
“The data centre, however, allows us the ability to participate in the intellectual economy, in the tech sector, in a deeper way.”The provincial government has worked to support Bell on the project and said the development will greatly benefit Saskatchewan’s economy.
“目前现场简直有数百人在工作，”萨斯喀彻温省王室投资公司部长杰里米·哈里森表示。
“There's literally hundreds of people working out there today,” Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corporation Minister Jeremy Harrison said.
“这是目前全国最大的建筑工地之一，将创造巨大的就业和经济机遇，不仅在里贾纳，而且遍及整个省份。” 斯坦丁布法罗第一民族告诉加拿大广播公司（CBC），将继续寻求省政府的底层裁决、科学研究和监管记录，以独立审查该数据中心。预计两个数据大厅将于2027年上半年投入运行。
“[It’s] one of the largest construction sites in the entire country right now, which is going to generate enormous opportunities as far as jobs, as far as the economy, not just here in Regina, but right across the entire province.”Standing Buffalo tells CBC it will continue to seek the underlying provincial determination, scientific studies and regulatory records necessary to independently examine the data centre. Two data halls are expected to be up and running in the first half of 2027.