马萨诸塞州萨顿镇居民反对160亿美元数据中心 6名发言者一致反对、首两栋年缴税1040万美元
马萨诸塞州伍斯特县萨顿镇居民11月11日在一场公开听证会上一致反对克拉夫特集团（The Kraft Group）提出的数据中心项目。该项目估值160亿美元，规划建设10栋建筑、总装机容量约900兆瓦，建成后将是全美规模前列的数据中心园区。开发方测算，项目前两栋建筑到2031财年可为萨顿镇带来每年1,040万美元税收，全部建成后年税收可达2,780万美元，相当于每户每年减税2,300美元（2031财年）到5,800美元（2035财年）。
但镇政府的财政测算同时显示，萨顿镇2033财年将面临910万美元的结构性预算缺口。听证会上六名发言的居民全部反对。州众议员McKenna出席听证。州长Healey今年9月签署行政令，要求此类项目先获地方批准；开发方目前尚未向萨顿镇提交正式申请。
Sutton Residents Unanimously Oppose Kraft Group's $16 Billion Data Center Plan
Residents of Sutton, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, spoke unanimously against the Kraft Group's proposed data center campus at a public hearing on Nov. 11. The $16 billion project envisions 10 buildings with about 900 megawatts of capacity, which would make it one of the largest data center campuses in the United States. The developer projects the first two buildings would generate $10.4 million a year in tax revenue by fiscal 2031, rising to $27.8 million at full build-out — the equivalent of a tax cut of $2,300 per household in fiscal 2031 and $5,800 by fiscal 2035.
Town fiscal projections, however, also show a $9.1 million structural budget gap in fiscal 2033. All six residents who spoke at the hearing opposed the project. State Representative McKenna attended. Governor Healey signed an executive order in September requiring local approval first for such projects, and the developer has not yet filed a formal application with the town.
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