美国各地正面临是否在居住区建设人工智能数据中心的激烈争议1。费城等城市的居民和环保团体以环境污染、能源消耗和噪音污染为由反对该类项目1。
根据BloombergNEF的预测，到2035年美国数据中心消耗的天然气将超过德国和日本的总和，几乎是9个月前预测的两倍1。这些设施预计每天将额外产生100万公吨温室气体污染，约占美国现有温室气体排放总量的12%1。此外，哈佛大学2021年的研究表明，化石燃料空气污染造成全球五分之一的死亡1。
为应对这一趋势，多个美国城市已采取措施限制数据中心扩张1。纽约州长凯西·霍楚尔签署行政命令，临时禁止该州批准大型项目的新许可证1。丹佛、印第安纳波利斯、阿什维尔、夏洛特和里诺等城市也先后批准了数据中心暂停令1。在费城，已确定了东北费城和格雷斯渡轮社区两个潜在的数据中心建设地点1。
Communities across the United States are increasingly resisting plans to build artificial intelligence data centers in residential areas, citing environmental and public health risks.1 According to BloombergNEF projections, U.S. data centers will consume more natural gas by 2035 than Germany and Japan combined—nearly double the estimate made nine months earlier—and are expected to generate an additional one million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions daily, representing approximately 12 percent of current total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.1 A 2021 Harvard University study found that fossil fuel air pollution accounts for one-fifth of global deaths, underscoring the health implications of such infrastructure expansion.1
Several municipalities have already taken action to restrict data center development. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing a temporary moratorium on approving new permits for large projects in the state,1 while cities including Denver, Indianapolis, Asheville, Charlotte, and Reno have also adopted data center moratoriums.1 Philadelphia has identified two potential sites for data center construction: Northeast Philadelphia and the Grays Ferry neighborhood.1 Residents and environmental groups in Philadelphia and elsewhere oppose these projects, citing concerns about environmental pollution, energy consumption, and noise impacts from the facilities.1
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