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The House passes a bill to address the energy cost impact of data centers.

The House passes a bill to address the energy cost impact of data centers.

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September 18th, 2026

The House passes a bill to address the energy cost impact of data centers.

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On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill by an overwhelming majority, aimed at making artificial intelligence data centres bear the costs of their enormous energy demands.

众议院周三以压倒性多数通过了一项法案,旨在让人工智能数据中心承担其庞大的能源需求费用。

Lawmakers seized what was expected to be their final day in Washington before the midterm elections to respond to voters' growing concerns.

议员们利用预计中期选举前在华盛顿的最后一天,回应了选民日益增长的担忧。

The legislation would require state utility regulators to consider a standard under which utility companies would be obliged to charge data centers the full cost of the additional power and transmission upgrades needed to serve them.

该立法将要求州公用事业监管机构考虑一项标准据此要求公用事业公司向数据中心收取为其提供服务所需新增电力和输电升级全部成本

The bill passed by a vote of 417 to 3.

该法案以417票对3票获得通过

Supporters of the bill describe it as a "modest first step" toward protecting households and businesses from higher utility bills.

该法案的支持者称其为保护家庭和企业免受更高公用事业账单影响的“温和的第一步”。

It essentially offers federal recommendations while preserving the authority of states to regulate their electricity markets.

实质上提供了联邦建议同时保留了各州监管电力市场的权力

"I promise you, this bill is not the end of our attention to these issues.

我保证这项法案并非我们关注这些问题的终点。

This is just the beginning," said Representative Frank Pallone, the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

这仅仅是开始,”众议院能源和商业委员会资深民主党人弗兰克·帕隆众议员

Some lawmakers are calling for a complete moratorium on AI data centers until safeguards are put in place to ensure that AI is both safe and effective, and that data centers do not drive up utility prices or cause environmental harm.

部分议员呼吁全面叫停人工智能数据中心直至建立起保障机制以确保人工智能既安全又有效并确保数据中心不会推高公用事业价格对环境造成损害

Meanwhile, more than 100 Democrats signed a letter this week urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the House in session this month until Congress advances meaningful AI safeguards.

与此同时本周有100多名民主党人签署了一封信呼吁众议院议长迈克·约翰逊让众议院本月继续开会直到国会推进有意义的人工智能保障措施

Johnson stated that the bill passed by the House "strikes an appropriate balance between protecting local communities and keeping the United States at the forefront of AI development."

约翰逊表示,众议院通过的法案“在保护当地社区与让美国保持在人工智能发展前沿之间取得了恰当的平衡”。

The debate surrounding this bill has offered a different perspective on how people view the pros and cons of data centers.

围绕该法案的辩论为人们看待数据中心的利弊提供了不同视角

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, said that developing a data center in Richland Parish in his home state generated bonuses of up to $50,000 for local teachers thanks to increased tax revenue.

众议院多数党领袖路易斯安那州共和党人史蒂夫·斯卡利斯表示在他家乡州里奇兰教区开发一个数据中心因税收增加为当地教师带来了高达5万美元的奖金

"These are precisely the kinds of stories you hear in communities that welcome data centers," Scalise said.

“这些恰恰是你在那些欢迎数据中心落地的社区里所能听到的故事,”斯卡利斯说道。

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However, Palone said that Americans harbor genuine concerns about what data centers will mean for them, adding that President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders have brushed these concerns aside.

然而帕隆表示美国人数据中心将对他们意味着什么怀有切实的担忧并补充说唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党国会领导人将这些担忧置于一边。

He pointed out that Trump posted on social media that communities opposing data centers must want to end up "backward and poor."

他指出特朗普在社交媒体上发帖称反对数据中心的社区必定是想要最终变得落后和贫穷”。

"In my view, the president is out of touch on this issue, and the American people are demanding action," Palomb said.

“在我看来,总统在这个问题上脱离实际,而美国人民要求采取行动,”帕隆说。

According to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute, nearly two-thirds of Americans are extremely or very concerned about the impact data centers have on energy prices, while 57% are extremely or very concerned about their impact on water supply.

根据Reporters-NORC公共事务研究中心和芝加哥大学能源政策研究所的一项新民调,近三分之二的美国人对数据中心给能源价格带来的影响极其或非常担忧,57%的人对供水的影响极其或非常担忧。

The bill's sponsor, Republican Representative Gabe Evans of Colorado, said that the United States must either build out its power system to meet demand or rely on countries such as China for its digital infrastructure.

该法案的发起人、科罗拉多州共和党众议员加布·埃文斯表示,美国要么建设其电力系统以满足需求,要么在数字基础设施上依赖中国等国。

"We cannot build this growth on the foundation of Americans struggling to pay their electricity bills at the end of the month," Evans said.

“我们不能把这种增长建立在美国人月底努力支付电费的基础上,”埃文斯说。

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