宾夕法尼亚州卢泽恩县塞勒姆镇监事会10月27日2比0批准4466英亩4吉瓦数据中心园区覆盖区
宾夕法尼亚州卢泽恩县塞勒姆镇监事会10月27日晚举行公开听证会后，以2比0投票通过扩大该镇特殊数据中心覆盖区，为塞勒姆3号园区扫清一大障碍。这座占地4466英亩的能源与数字基础设施园区规划用电需求达4吉瓦，涉及194个参与项目的本地家庭，潜在土地交易金额达14亿美元，土地包括在营与退役农场、家庭宅地和其他物业。
投票之前，塞勒姆镇规划委员会已于9月24日以3比0一致建议批准该项目。项目联合创始人杰克·索尔多尼表示，数据中心不是简单的赞成或反对问题，关键在于选址与方式，而该项目地处两座核电塔、大型天然气电厂和主要电力基础设施之间，燃料来源几乎不受限。
组织方称，如此规模、如此多家庭一致支持的土地整合在任何情况下都属罕见，对东北宾夕法尼亚州是一次难得的经济机遇。接下来项目方将继续推进后续审批与开发程序，镇政府也将就项目对当地社区、基础设施和环境的影响与居民保持沟通。
（本稿所引项目介绍与预期效益，出自开发商经 GlobeNewswire 发布的通稿，为项目方单方口径；项目后续审批程序仍在推进中。）
Salem Township Supervisors in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Vote 2-0 on October 27 to Approve Overlay for a 4,466-Acre, 4-Gigawatt Data Center Campus
The Board of Supervisors of Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voted 2-0 on the evening of October 27, following a public hearing, to expand the township's special data center overlay district, clearing a major hurdle for the Salem 3 campus. The planned energy and digital infrastructure campus covers 4,466 acres with a projected power demand of 4 gigawatts, involves 194 local families participating in the project, and represents potential land transactions of $1.4 billion; the land includes working and retired farms, family homesites and other properties.
Before the vote, the Salem Township Planning Commission had unanimously recommended approval of the project by 3-0 on September 24. Project co-founder Jack Soldoni said data centers are not a simple yes-or-no question, and that what matters is siting and approach; the project sits between two nuclear units, a large natural gas power plant and major power infrastructure, with virtually unconstrained fuel sources.
The organizers say a land assembly of this scale, with so many families in unanimous support, is rare under any circumstances and represents a rare economic opportunity for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The project team will continue with subsequent approvals and development steps, and the township will stay in communication with residents about the project's effects on the local community, infrastructure and environment.
(The project descriptions and expected benefits cited in this report come from a press release issued by the developer via GlobeNewswire and reflect the project side's account; subsequent approval processes for the project are still under way.)
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图片来源：宾夕法尼亚州塞勒姆镇附近的萨斯奎哈纳核电站冷却塔，拟建数据中心园区即在此一带。 / Cooling towers of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station near Salem Township, Pennsylvania, near the proposed data center campus.
