
反对数据中心的浪潮正席卷欧洲。周五和周六,约15个欧洲国家举行了反对这些设施的示威活动,这些设施对人工智能的推广至关重要。
A wave of opposition to data centers is sweeping across Europe. On Friday and Saturday, demonstrations against these facilities, which are essential for the rollout of artificial intelligence, took place in about 15 European countries.
抗议活动由Stop Dirty Data Centres组织,这是一个由环保和数字权利倡导团体组成的联盟。
The protests were organized by Stop Dirty Data Centres, a coalition of environmental and digital rights advocacy groups.
“我们城镇和城市中人工智能数据中心的爆炸式增长正在造成我们已无法承受的代价,”该运动在其网站上表示。“我们呼吁立即对欧洲的大型数据中心实行暂停!”在波兰、荷兰和西班牙,小型团体在当地聚集。
"The explosion of AI data centres across our towns and cities is taking a toll that we can no longer afford," the movement states on its website. "We're calling for an immediate moratorium on large data centres in Europe!" In Poland, the Netherlands and Spain, small groups gathered locally.
大多数情况下,只有几十人参加,有时人数会上升到几千人,具体取决于抗议形式。该运动记录了相关国家共计90场活动。
Most often, only a few dozen people attended, though sometimes numbers rose to several thousand, depending on the form of protest. The movement recorded a total of 90 events in the countries involved.
法国的行动包括在北部布雷比耶尔和科尔贝姆举行的反对超大型数据中心项目的市民游行,以及在东南部莱佩讷米拉博举行的在另一数据中心建设现场外的集会。
Actions in France included a citizens' march against a mega data center project in northern Brebières and Corbehem and a rally in southeastern Les Pennes-Mirabeau outside another center's construction site.
在法国,当地已经在该问题上活跃的团体在两天内安排了约15场活动,要求“对大型数据中心项目实行暂停”,并就该国的数字发展启动一次“民主且具有约束力的磋商”。
In France, about 15 events, organized by local groups already active on the issue, were scheduled over the two days to demand "a moratorium on large data center projects" and the launch of a "democratic and binding consultation" on digital development in the country.