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共和党警告AI公司：数据中心成选举政治烫手山芋
参议院共和党竞选部门在私下备忘录中警告AI公司，美国民众对数据中心的负面看法可能影响俄亥俄州关键席位选举。民主党将数据中心作为竞选焦点，内部民调显示其受欢迎程度堪比核废料。科技巨头正筹备媒体宣传以扭转舆论，但宾州州长夏皮罗等政客已开始收紧监管。全美现有超4000个数据中心，另有3000多个在建或拟建。
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2026年8月19日 - 政治与政策
独家：共和党向人工智能公司发出严厉警告
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参议院共和党竞选机构在一份发给顶级人工智能公司的私人备忘录中警告称，美国数据中心的有害观点正在扼杀该党在俄亥俄州保住关键席位的机会。
在这份由Axios获得的备忘录中，全国共和党参议员委员会表示，民主党已将数据中心作为击败参议员乔恩·赫斯特德（俄亥俄州共和党人）的竞选活动的“核心”，并且这一策略正在奏效。
“如果他输了，而数据中心受到指责，全国各地的政客都会注意到——他们不会靠近下一个数据中心，”备忘录说。“这已成为整个选举周期的潜在问题。”
为何重要：共和党希望人工智能公司不惜一切代价来遏制公众的强烈反对。
大局：人工智能首席执行官和共和党高层都感到日益恐慌。他们告诉我们，内部民调显示，数据中心就像乏核废料一样不受欢迎，并且更广泛地已成为人们对人工智能情绪的替身。
科技巨头们正争先恐后地组织媒体宣传活动，试图在地方和全国舆论固化之前改变看法。
但民主党人并不愚蠢。他们看到了同样的民调，并且正在迅速行动。
甚至此前支持数据中心的政客，包括宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗（民主党），也在今年选举年竞相对其进行打击。周二，夏皮罗在可能参加2028年总统竞选之前，签署了一项行政命令，为数据中心开发设定了“严格护栏”。
目前美国有超过4000个数据中心在线运行，另有3000多个中心已提出或正在建设中。
它们旨在为改变美国经济的人工智能提供动力，但引起了全国社区的抗议，因为它们需要大量电力，可能推高水电费，使用大量水资源，涉及巨大的仓库式建筑，并且提供的就业机会很少。
它们也成为当地居民对人工智能消除就业机会焦虑的靶子。
深入：赫斯特德在俄亥俄州的对手、前参议员谢罗德·布朗（民主党）已花费数百万美元进行夏季广告宣传，称赫斯特德为“俄亥俄州数据中心的脸面”。
共和党人表示，这个问题在蓝领阶层占主导的俄亥俄州尤其严重，因为该州有几个大型数据中心项目正在进行中。英伟达和OpenAI在过去几天宣布了一个项目。Meta、Vantage和QTS也在那里有项目。
NRSC备忘录称，布朗已将数据中心视为他的“事实上的对手”。
数据：福克斯新闻上周的一项民调显示，布朗领先赫斯特德8个百分点。
现状：共和党人在题为“俄亥俄数据中心风险”的备忘录中表示，人工智能公司有责任通过解释“谁受益、谁买单、为什么社区应该想要一个数据中心”来改善人们对数据中心的看法。
“在那之前，这个问题将继续主导这场竞选，”备忘录说。
底线：备忘录认为，赫斯特德的失败将对人工智能公司在全国范围内建设数据中心以推动未来几代人工智能的努力造成长期损害。
“如果选民对数据中心的看法不能迅速得到纠正，反对它们的运动将远远超出俄亥俄州，”该党警告说。
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Aug 19, 2026 - Politics & Policy
Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies
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The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.
In the memo, obtained by Axios, the National Republican Senatorial Committee says Democrats have made data centers a "centerpiece" of their campaign to defeat Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) — and that it's working.
"If he loses and data centers get the blame, politicians across the country will take notice — and they will not go near the next one," the memo says. "This has become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle."
Why it matters: Republicans want the AI companies to do whatever it takes to stem the public backlash.
The big picture: AI CEOs and top Republicans share in the rising panic. They tell us internal polls show data centers are as popular as spent nuclear waste, and more broadly have become a proxy for feelings about AI.
Tech giants are scrambling to pull together media campaigns to try to shift opinion before it hardens locally and nationally.
But Democrats aren't dummies. They see the same polls and are moving fast.
Even politicians who previously embraced data centers, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), are racing to crack down on them this election year. On Tuesday, Shapiro, ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run, signed an executive order imposing "strict guardrails" for data-center development.
There are now more than 4,000 data centers online across the U.S., with another 3,000-plus centers proposed or in progress.
They're designed to power the AI that's transforming the American economy, but have drawn protests from communities nationwide because they require massive amounts of electricity, can drive up utility bills, use huge amounts of water, involve enormous warehouse-like structures and provide few jobs.
They also have become local targets for residents' anxiety about how AI is eliminating jobs.
Zoom in: Husted's opponent in Ohio, former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), has spent millions of dollars on a summer ad campaign calling Husted "the face of data centers in Ohio."
Republicans say the issue is especially potent in heavily blue-collar Ohio because the state has several big data center projects in the works. Nvidia and OpenAI have announced a project in the last few days. Meta, Vantage and QTS also have projects there.
The NRSC memo says Brown has made data centers his "de facto opponent."
By the numbers: A Fox News poll last week showed Brown leading Husted by 8 points.
State of play: Republicans say in the memo, headlined "Ohio Data Center Risk," that it's up to AI companies to improve perceptions of data centers by explaining "who benefits, who pays, and why a community should want one."
"Until that happens, the issue will continue to dominate this race," the memo says.
The bottom line: The memo argues that a Husted loss would cause long-lasting damage to AI companies in their push to build data centers nationwide to power future generations of AI.
"If voters' perceptions of data centers are not fixed quickly, the campaign against them will expand far beyond Ohio," the party warns.
Axios' Maria Curi contributed reporting.
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