埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX公司周四宣布，计划投资超过740亿美元，在得克萨斯州和亚利桑那州建设两个数据中心，并将这两个项目宣传为能够提振当地社区的工程。当前，此类设施正面临外界的反对声浪。
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion into building two data centers in Texas and Arizona, the company announced Thursday, marketing them as projects that will boost local communities amid backlash surrounding such facilities.
公司在新闻稿中表示：“这些投资将扩大当地税基，为学校和公共服务带来可观的 new 收入，并创造远超设施本身的经济机会。”
“These investments will expand local tax bases, generate substantial new revenue for schools and public services, and create economic opportunities that extend far beyond the facilities themselves,” the company said in a release.
SpaceX表示，将向得克萨斯州里奥格兰德河谷的一个新项目投入超过240亿美元，扩建公司在星舰基地的总部。星舰基地是这座科技巨头于2025年在卡梅伦县一处此前未建制地区建立的海滨城镇。
SpaceX said it will put more than $24 billion into a new project in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, expanding the company’s headquarters in Starbase — a coastal town the tech giant established in 2025 in a previously unincorporated area of Cameron County.
在亚利桑那州，SpaceX将向科奇斯县投资约500亿美元。科奇斯县是图森以东的农村地区，与墨西哥和新墨西哥州接壤。
In Arizona, the SpaceX will invest around $50 billion in Cochise County, a rural area east of Tucson bordering Mexico and New Mexico.
SpaceX承诺，新项目将与周边社区合作推进，并注重环保。公司表示，得克萨斯州的项目将自行发电，并投资2.2亿美元扩大附近布朗斯维尔的供水。在亚利桑那州，公司承诺与当地电力合作社合作，“有可能”降低电费，并表示该站点将采用不耗水的干式冷却。
SpaceX pledged the new projects will be created cooperatively with the surrounding communities and will be environmentally conscious. The company said the project in Texas would generate its own power and invest $220 million to expand the water supply in nearby Brownsville. While in Arizona, it vowed to work with local electric cooperatives and “potentially” reduce electric bills, saying the site would use dry cooling without water consumption.
公司在新闻稿中表示：“它们需要与当地社区建立牢固的伙伴关系、负责任的环境管理，以及稳定且有竞争力的政策，让企业有信心进行长期投资。”
“They require strong partnerships with local communities, responsible environmental stewardship, and stable, competitive policies that give companies the confidence to make long-term investments,” the company said in a release.
两个站点都承诺，即使施工完成，也将提供数百个永久性工作岗位。
Both sites promise hundreds of permanent jobs even once construction is complete.
数据中心已成为今年中期选举中的焦点议题，尤其是在得克萨斯州。当选州长吉娜·伊诺霍萨（民主党）在州长竞选中全程抨击州长格雷格·阿博特（共和党），指责在他领导下得克萨斯州的数据中心快速扩张。
Data centers became a flash point in this year’s midterms, especially in Texas. Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) went after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) throughout their gubernatorial contest for the rapid expansion of data centers in the Lone Star State under his leadership.
阿博特最终宣布暂停新建数据中心，等待全州范围的审计。两名候选人都以限制数据中心为竞选主张，阿博特这一承诺与党内部分人士意见相左。
Abbott ultimately announced a pause on new data center construction pending a statewide audit. Both candidates campaigned on restricting data centers, with Abbott bucking some in his party with the pledge.
SpaceX就南得克萨斯新项目提供的细节，似乎至少符合阿博特提出的部分要求。
The details SpaceX provided about the new project in South Texas appear to comply with at least some of Abbott’s stated demands.
马斯克深度参与了今年的得克萨斯州选举，花费数亿美元支持该州总检察长、共和党候选人肯·帕克斯顿角逐一场利害攸关的参议院选举。帕克斯顿最终以超过12个百分点的差距败给当选参议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科（民主党）。
Musk was closely involved in the Texas elections this year, spending hundreds of millions to back Republican candidate Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, in the high-stakes Senate race. Paxton went on to lose to Sen.-elect James Talarico (D) by more than 12 points.
数据中心问题并未沿党派界线清晰划分。尽管包括总统在内的大多数全国共和党人都主张不干预AI热潮，但皮尤研究中心今年早些时候的一项民调显示，54%的共和党选民表示，他们无法接受当地新建数据中心。68%的民主党选民持相同看法。
The data center issue does not cleanly divide along party lines. Even as most national Republicans, including the president, have preached nonintervention in the AI boom, 54 percent of GOP voters in a Pew Research poll earlier this year said they would not be comfortable with a new local data center. Sixty-eight percent of Democrats said the same.
尽管一些议员认为下一届国会在联邦层面存在两党合作的可能；周三，共和党参议员乔希·霍利（密苏里州）呼吁参议院共和党同僚通过暂停新建数据中心的禁令——一些民主党人也曾推动这一想法。
Though some lawmakers see potential for bipartisan cooperation at the federal level in the next Congress; on Wednesday, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) called on fellow Senate Republicans to pass a moratorium on new data centers — an idea some Democrats have pushed as well.