阿肯色州数据中心争议蔓延地方选战：66亿美元项目成焦点，过半选民强烈反对在家门口建厂
阿肯色州今年的中期选举呈现出一个特点：数据中心争议主要在地方选战中发酵，而非州长、国会等高层竞选。11月2日刊发的分析指出，多个社区已采取措施阻止数据中心建设或施加新的限制，约翰逊县克拉克斯维尔市（Clarksville）正在建设的一个价值66亿美元的数据中心项目成为争议中心。
民主党联邦参议员挑战者 Hallie Shoffner 在竞选活动中抨击现任共和党参议员 Tom Cotton 在这一议题上的立场，并表示若当选希望进入参议院能源委员会回应民众关切。
在州议会选战中，以独立候选人身份竞选克拉克斯维尔选区的前共和党众议员 Debra Hobbs 也把矛头指向数据中心及其税收优惠；现任共和党众议员 Aaron Pilkington 则是数据中心的重要支持者，今年早些时候出任亲数据中心倡导组织阿肯色互联社区协会的执行主任。
8月由《谈生意与政治》和亨德里克斯学院在第二国会选区进行的民调显示，过半可能选民强烈反对在自己社区建设数据中心，另有约19%表示一定程度上反对，误差为正负4.7个百分点。
（来源：Arkansas Advocate）
Data Center Backlash Plays Out in Arkansas Local Races Around a $6.6 Billion Project
Arkansas's midterm campaigns are showing that data center politics is playing out mainly in local races rather than statewide or federal contests, according to an analysis published November 2. Several communities have moved to block data center construction or impose new restrictions, and a $6.6 billion data center project under construction in Clarksville, Johnson County, has become a focal point.
Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Hallie Shoffner has attacked incumbent Republican Senator Tom Cotton over the issue on the campaign trail and says she wants a seat on the Senate Energy Committee to respond to residents' concerns.
In a state legislative race, former Republican Representative Debra Hobbs, running as an independent for the Clarksville seat, has also targeted data centers and their tax incentives. Incumbent Republican Representative Aaron Pilkington is a prominent data center supporter who earlier this year became executive director of the Arkansas Connected Communities Association, a pro-data-center advocacy group.
An August poll by Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College in the 2nd Congressional District found that more than half of likely voters strongly oppose a data center being built in their community, with nearly 19% somewhat opposed; the margin of error was plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
(Source: Arkansas Advocate)
来源：Arkansas Advocate
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：阿肯色州克拉克斯维尔市中心斯帕德拉溪与自然步道。Brandonrush 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Spadra Creek and the nature trail in downtown Clarksville, Arkansas. By Brandonrush, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
