欧洲15国100多个团体举行抗议 要求暂停新建大型数据中心
11月6日至7日，欧洲15个国家的100多个团体在「停止肮脏数据中心」（Stop Dirty Data Centres）运动的号召下同步举行抗议，行动遍及爱尔兰、波兰、丹麦、芬兰、西班牙、荷兰、法国与英国等国。抗议者要求在欧洲、国家与地方三个层面立即暂停新建大型数据中心，先评估这类设施对当地社区、公共基础设施、土地、水与能源使用、住房、就业与生活成本的影响，并制定更严格的规则。
参与的组织包括绿色和平英国分部、多个地方的「地球之友」分支与「反抗灭绝」布里斯托尔分部等。运动协调人 Owen Espley 表示，抗议者并非要求取消所有新项目，而是要求争取时间，让各方把数据中心扩张的环境、经济与社会后果认真审视清楚，再决定如何推进。
这场抗议正值欧洲加速扩建数据中心容量之际。欧盟的计划是在五到七年内把数据中心容量提高到现在的三倍，以追赶美国与中国在超级智能（SI）领域的步伐。普华永道的一份行业展望显示，欧洲数据中心项目的年度投资已从2020年的120亿欧元升至今年的约250亿至260亿欧元。
（来源：欧洲新闻电视台）
More Than 100 Groups Across 15 European Countries Protest, Demanding a Moratorium on New Large Data Centres
On November 6-7, more than 100 organisations across 15 European countries staged coordinated protests under the banner of the Stop Dirty Data Centres campaign, with actions in Ireland, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Spain, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom, among others. The protesters demanded an immediate moratorium, at European, national and local levels, on new large-scale data centres, so that the impact of such facilities on local communities, public infrastructure, land, water and energy use, housing, jobs and the cost of living can be properly assessed and stricter rules put in place.
Supporting organisations include Greenpeace UK, local branches of Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion Bristol. Owen Espley, a coordinator of the campaign, said the protesters are not demanding that all new projects be cancelled, but are asking for time for governments to consider the environmental, economic and social consequences of data centre expansion and to establish stronger planning and regulatory frameworks.
The protests come as Europe races to expand data centre capacity. The European Union aims to triple its data centre capacity within five to seven years to keep pace with the United States and China in super intelligence (SI). A PwC industry outlook puts annual investment in European data centre projects at about 25 to 26 billion euros this year, up from 12 billion euros in 2020.
(Source: Euronews)
来源：欧洲新闻电视台
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