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Data center bill fails to clear Senate, lawmakers cast final vote before midterm elections

Data center bill fails to clear Senate, lawmakers cast final vote before midterm elections

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September 30th, 2026

Data center bill fails to clear Senate, lawmakers cast final vote before midterm elections

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A bill intended to address voters' concerns about the impact of data centres and their energy costs failed to advance in the Senate on Wednesday, becoming a casualty of election-year clashes over how best to tackle this growing worry.

一项旨在回应选民对数据中心及其能源成本影响的担忧的法案,周三未能在参议院推进,成为选举年围绕如何妥善解决这一日益加剧的担忧而爆发冲突的牺牲品。

Before leaving Washington to campaign, Senate Republicans devoted one of the chamber's final votes to a bill intended to highlight their efforts to address the impact of data centers on voters' monthly energy bills.

在离开华盛顿去竞选之前,参议院共和党人将本院最后几次投票中的一次留给了一项法案,旨在强调他们为解决数据中心对选民每月能源账单影响所做的努力。

The bill needed 60 votes to advance, but fell short of the threshold by a vote of 57 to 43.

该法案需要60票才能推进,但以57票对43票未能达到门槛。

The content of the bill can be described as moderate.

该法案的内容可谓温和。

It requires utility regulators to consider adopting a federal standard under which large electricity customers would be charged rates sufficient to cover the cost of the system upgrades necessary to serve them.

它要求公用事业监管机构考虑采纳一项联邦标准,据此向大型电力客户收取足以覆盖为其提供服务所必需的系统升级成本的费率。

Democrats said it was merely a suggestion and that more measures were still needed.

民主党人表示,这不过是一项建议,仍需采取更多措施。

Republicans, for their part, said the bill sent a signal to regulators to take action.

共和党人则表示,该法案向监管机构发出了采取行动的信号。

The bill's sponsor, Republican Senator Jon Husted of Ohio, is caught up in a tough re-election race, and his Democratic challenger, former Senator Sherrod Brown, has labeled him in a campaign ad as "the spokesman for data centers."

该法案的发起人、俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德正陷入一场艰难的连任选战,其民主党挑战者、前参议员谢罗德·布朗在竞选广告中称他为“数据中心的代言人”。

"You all know this is the only way," Husted said as he pitched his bill to reporters.

“你们都知道这是唯一的办法,”赫斯特德在向记者推销其法案时说。

"Passing this bill is the only chance to prove to the American people, before the midterm elections, which side you are on."

“这项法案通过,是唯一有机会在中期选举前向美国人民证明你站在哪一边的途径。”

The measure passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 417 to 3.

该措施在众议院以417票对3票通过。

It needed the support of at least seven Democratic senators to reach a final vote, but that support failed to materialize, as Democrats criticized the bill as insufficiently robust and recognized that its passage could bolster Husted's prospects for re-election.

它需要至少7名民主党参议员的支持才能进入最终投票,但由于民主党内部批评该法案力度不够,并且知道其通过可能会提振赫斯特德的连任前景,这一支持未能出现。

"This bill is essentially a sham, plain and simple," said Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate.

“这项法案实质上是一场骗局,就这么简单,”参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默说。

Democrats put forward a competing proposal.

民主党人提出了一项竞争性提案。

Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, introduced legislation directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish rules for large electricity customers, requiring them to pay for necessary grid upgrades.

新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希发起立法,指示联邦能源监管委员会为大型电力客户制定规则,要求他们为必要的电网升级付费。

"If they expect this to be optional, that amounts to zero.

“倘若他们期望这属于可选项,那便等同于零。

What we are advocating is that it be mandatory," Schumer said.

我们所主张的是其强制性,”舒默表示。

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本网站受reCAPTCHA系统以及谷歌隐私政策与服务条款的双重保护。

Republicans are attempting to portray Democrats as obstructionists, accusing them of hindering progress on key issues that matter to voters.

共和党人试图将民主党人描绘成阻挠者,指责他们妨碍在选民关心的关键议题上取得进展。

Husted's bill is a case in point.

赫斯特德的法案便是一例。

Another example is a bill introduced by Nebraska Republican Senator Pete Ricketts, which would prohibit members of Congress from buying individual stocks.

另一个例子是内布拉斯加州共和党参议员皮特·里基茨提出的法案,该法案将禁止国会议员购买个股。

This issue has proven popular among candidates running for office in the current election cycle, but the bill also includes a voter identification requirement that Democrats have labeled a poison pill.

这一问题在本选举周期中对竞选公职的候选人而言颇受欢迎,但其中还包含选民身份证明要求,民主党人称这是毒丸条款。

Thune scheduled procedural votes on both bills, but neither managed to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance.

图恩将两项法案都安排进行程序性投票,但两项法案都未能达到推进所需的60票门槛。

"Both pieces of legislation address issues that the American people care about deeply and passionately, and we will see whether Democrats are willing to accept 'yes' as an answer," Thune said.

“这两项立法都切中了美国人民深切而热烈关心的问题的要害,我们将看看民主党人是否愿意接受‘是’作为答案,”图恩说。

Both the House and the Senate are expected to be in recess throughout October.

众议院和参议院预计整个10月都将休会。

The House departed in mid-September, canceling nearly two weeks of votes, as Republicans rushed to hit the campaign trail in an effort to preserve their majority in the next Congress.

众议院于9月中旬离开,取消了近两周的投票,因为共和党人急于踏上竞选之路,以争取在下一届国会中保住多数席位。

President Donald Trump supports the expansion of more data centers, yet voters are growing increasingly wary.

唐纳德·特朗普总统对扩建更多数据中心持支持态度,然而选民的警觉情绪正日趋高涨。

Roughly six in ten Americans favor limiting the number of new data centers that can be built, a view that spans most Democrats and Republicans.

约六成美国民众赞成对可新建的数据中心数量加以限制,其中涵盖大多数民主党人与共和党人。

Most Americans are "extremely" or "very" concerned about the impact of data centers on electricity prices or their community's water supply.

大多数美国人对于数据中心给电价或所在社区供水带来的影响,都感到“极其”或“非常”担忧。

In Ohio, a hotspot for data centers, where the races for governor and a U.S. Senate seat are fiercely contested, the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned in a recent memo that Husted could lose his seat because of these centers.

在数据中心热点地区俄亥俄州,州长和美国参议院席位的选情激烈,全国共和党参议院委员会在最近的一份备忘录中警告称,赫斯特德可能因这些中心而失去席位。

During his time as lieutenant governor, Husted helped promote Ohio as an ideal destination for data centers.

赫斯特德在担任副州长期间曾帮助宣传俄亥俄州作为数据中心的理想目的地。

Ohio's electoral contest is regarded as pivotal in determining control of the Senate, which helps explain why this data center bill, despite passing the House by an overwhelming margin, has attracted such intense scrutiny and fierce competition.

俄亥俄州的选情被视为决定参议院控制权的关键,这有助于解释为何这项数据中心法案尽管在众议院获得压倒性票数,却引发如此多审视并竞争如此激烈。

Speaking in the Senate before the vote, Husted said the bill requires states to at least confront the question of whether data centers should pay for their own electricity and the grid upgrades needed to serve them.

在投票前于参议院发言时,赫斯特德表示,该法案要求各州至少直面数据中心为其电力以及为其服务所需的电网改进自行买单的问题。

He said the bill could hardly have won broader support in the House than it actually did, but that by blocking it in the Senate, Democrats would show they do not care about affordability.

他说,该法案在众议院几乎不可能获得比实际更广泛的支持,但通过在参议院阻止该法案,民主党人将表明他们不关心可负担性问题。

"Let us hold data centres accountable, and let us stop putting obstacles in the way of affordability," Husted said.

“让我们追究数据中心的责任,让我们停止为可负担性设置障碍,”赫斯特德如是说。

September 30th, 2026

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