Google将爱荷华州数据中心从林恩县转移到帕洛,以规避新的环境条例。 Google shifts Iowa data center from Linn County to Palo to evade new environmental regulations.

Google正在将其计划中的爱荷华州数据中心从未注册的林恩县迁移到帕洛市, Google is moving its planned Iowa data center from unincorporated Linn County to the city of Palo to avoid the county’s new regulations, including mandatory water studies and environmental safeguards. 2月,林恩县颁布了严格的规则,要求数据中心开发商解决水的使用、噪音、照明和基础设施影响问题,但谷歌撤回了资助一项关键水研究的承诺,现在试图将土地并入帕洛,可能绕过监督。 Linn County enacted strict rules in February requiring data center developers to address water use, noise, lighting, and infrastructure impacts, but Google has withdrawn its commitment to fund a key water study and now seeks to annex land into Palo, potentially bypassing oversight. 县官员表示失望,称这一转变破坏了保护区域资源的努力。 County officials expressed disappointment, saying the shift undermines efforts to protect regional resources. 谷歌仍致力于在锡达拉皮兹建立一个5.76亿美元的数据中心,并在爱荷华投资70亿美元,但谷歌和帕洛都没有评论。 Google remains committed to a $576 million data center in Cedar Rapids and a $7 billion investment in Iowa, but neither Google nor Palo has commented.