蒙大拿州米苏拉县公布数据中心影响草案研究：建议用分区管制代替禁令，禁令或再延一年
蒙大拿州米苏拉县10月27日公布了一份关于数据中心影响的草案研究，为该县如何管制数据中心提供了新依据。今年7月，米苏拉县委员会通过了一项为期一年的紧急禁令，禁止新建或扩建数据中心；按蒙大拿州法律要求，县政府随后展开研究，以确认数据中心是否确实构成威胁，草案于10月27日发表。
县气候行动项目经理斯韦恩·纽曼表示，研究发现数据中心会对健康、安全和环境产生非常实际的影响，县政府必须认真对待；研究涵盖能源、水资源、噪音、野生动物等多方面影响以及县政府的管制选项。
研究同时指出，全面禁止数据中心很可能不被允许，因为蒙大拿州《计算权利法》保护私人拥有和使用计算资源、包括数据中心，并限制政府管制。因此，研究建议采取周密的分区管制规则，与州议员和公用事业监管机构合作，并把禁令再延长一年，期待州法律在下一届立法会议上发生变化。
县政府10月27日晚6时在米苏拉县集市场地举行了研究报告会，11月初还将举行更多公开会议听取意见。
Missoula County, Montana, Releases Draft Data Center Impact Study: Recommends Zoning Rules Instead of a Ban, with the Moratorium Possibly Extended a Year
Missoula County, Montana, released a draft study of data center impacts on October 27, providing a new basis for how the county should regulate such facilities. This past July, the Missoula County Commission adopted a one-year emergency ban on new or expanded data centers; as Montana law requires, the county then undertook a study to determine whether data centers pose an actual threat, and the draft was published on October 27.
Swain Newman, the county's climate action program manager, said the study found that data centers can have very real impacts on health, safety and the environment that the county must take seriously. The study covers impacts on energy, water resources, noise, wildlife and more, as well as the county's regulatory options.
The study also concludes that an outright ban on data centers would likely not be permitted, because Montana's Right to Compute Act protects private ownership and use of computing resources, including data centers, and limits government regulation. It therefore recommends adopting carefully designed zoning rules, working with state legislators and utility regulators, and extending the ban for another year in hopes that state law will change in the next legislative session.
The county held a study presentation at 6 p.m. on October 27 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, and more public meetings to take comment are scheduled for early November.
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图片来源：蒙大拿州米苏拉县法院大楼正门。 / The Missoula County Courthouse in Missoula, Montana.
