Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash弗吉尼亚州在政治反弹中收紧数据中心限制
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Virginia is tightening controls on data centers, with plans that include banning non-disclosure agreements for the projects, requiring stricter permitting and imposing clean energy mandates on the server warehouses, Governor Abigail Spanberger said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Governor of Virginia Abigail Spanberger gives remarks at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Virginia is tightening controls on data centers, with plans that includebanning non-disclosure agreements for the projects, requiring stricter permitting and imposing clean energy mandates on the server warehouses, Governor AbigailSpanberger said on Friday.
Virginia, which is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world, is the latest state to crack down on the server warehouses as political backlash grows against artificial intelligence and the data centers needed to develop the technology.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney in New York)
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资料照片：2026年5月19日，美国弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格在华盛顿特区五月花酒店举行的美国进步中心思想会议上发表讲话。路透社/安娜贝尔·戈登/资料照片
纽约，9 月 18 日（路透社）——美国弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格周五表示，该州正在加强对数据中心的管控，计划包括禁止对数据中心项目签订保密协议、要求更严格的许可，以及对服务器仓库强制使用清洁能源。
弗吉尼亚州是世界上数据中心最集中的地区，随着针对人工智能和开发该技术所需的数据中心的政治反弹日益加剧，该州成为最新一个打击服务器仓库的州。
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