加州蒙特利公园市以约86%赞成票通过永久禁止数据中心的法案,成为首个通过投票禁令而非市议会临时叫停的美国城市。这反映全国性反AI数据中心浪潮:盖洛普民调显示70%美国人反对本地建设,至少十几个州正考虑暂停。微软纳德拉在Build大会花较大篇幅回应相关偏见与担忧。背后除了电力、水耗、房价等可解决忧虑,还混合了对AI的恐惧及人类优越感受损(弗洛伊德所谓“对人类自恋的第四次打击”)。作者担心抵制会愈演愈烈,但数据中心对AI带来的科学黄金时代不可或缺。
The backlash from communities against data centers is reaching immense proportions.
Residents of Monterey Park, California, voted overwhelmingly (about 86% in favor) to permanently ban datacenters, making it the first US city to enact such a ban through a ballot initiative rather than a council-passed moratorium.
The vote reflects broader national backlash against AI datacenters - a recent Gallup poll found 7 in 10 Americans oppose construction in their local areas -with at least a dozen states now weighing moratoriums.
Two thoughts on this:
1) It explains why Satya Nadella spent a relatively large amount of time at Microsoft Build addressing the prejudices and concerns surrounding data centers. The backlash is truly becoming a major problem.