美國維吉尼亞州一處正在興建的新資料中心旁,聳立著輸電塔與輸電線路。(法新社)
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As US tech companies race to build the data centers fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants - off the grid and running on gas - to get online faster.
隨著美國科技巨頭爭相興建資料中心以推動AI熱潮,他們正加速自建發電廠——完全脫離傳統電網且以燃氣發電——以求讓資料中心儘快上線營運。
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Analysis by the research firm Cleanview, shared with AFP, identified around 60 data centers planned for the coming years with a combined 97 gigawatts of "behind-the-meter" generation into the early 2030s - around the total installed capacity of Mexico.
研究機構Cleanview提供給法新社的分析顯示,未來幾年內預計興建約60座資料中心;到2030年代初期,這些資料中心將具備合計97百萬瓩的「電表後端」發電容量,約等於墨西哥的全國發電總裝置容量。
The climate implications could be enormous.
這對全球氣候產生的影響恐怕極為巨大。
The precise figure depends on how many are built, how efficient the turbines are and how often they run, but even with very conservative assumptions, the plants would easily top 200 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
確切的數據取決於實際完工數量、渦輪機的發電效率及運轉次數,但即使採取非常保守的假設估算,這些電廠每年的二氧化碳排放量仍將輕鬆突破2億噸。
off the grid:獨立於電網之外(指不依賴公用電網供電,而是自行發電)例句:The remote cabin is completely off the grid, powered by solar panels and a small wind turbine.(那間偏僻的小木屋完全獨立於電網之外,靠太陽能板和一具小型風力發電機供電。)
behind the meter(表後發電/電表後端系統):簡稱BTM,指發電設備建置於用戶電表後端,自行發電並直接供應用電,而非完全依賴公用電網。例句:Many factories are adopting behind-the-meter solar systems to reduce their reliance on the utility grid.(許多工廠正導入表後太陽能系統,以降低對公用電網的依賴。)
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