数据中心空气污染人工智能能源需求
数据中心可能抹去数十年的空气质量改善成果
德州新建和拟建数据中心的热潮可能抵消数十年的空气质量改善。这些项目需要巨量电力，而污染程度将取决于开发商和公用事业公司如何满足需求，尤其是使用燃气轮机还是可再生能源。
核心要点
- 德州正逐渐成为支持生成式AI物理基础设施的重要中心。
- 新建和拟建的数据中心需要非常大的电力供应。
- 空气质量将受到供电方式的影响，关键在于是否使用燃气轮机或可再生能源。
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信息源：The Verge
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默认展示原文，不触发翻译A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utilities meet that demand - with gas turbines or renewable energy - will determine just how dirty things will get. So far, though, things are looking grim.
Tech companies and data center developers are devising new ways to get enough electricity, including building out their own power sources. But if all planned data center projects were to plug into … Read the full story at The Verge.