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The Human Cost of Data Center Expansion in Latin America

本站: May 18, 2026原文: Apr 29, 2026

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rén gōng zhì néng人工智能fā zhǎn发展hěn很kuài快，yě也ràng让lā dīng měi zhōu拉丁美洲chū xiàn出现yuè lái yuè越来越duō多shù jù数据zhōng xīn中心。

Artificial intelligence is developing quickly, and it is also leading to more and more data centers in Latin America.

shù jù数据zhōng xīn中心xiàng像hěn很dà大de的diàn nǎo电脑cāng kù仓库，yào要yì zhí一直yòng diàn用电，yě也yào要yòng用hěn很duō多shuǐ水hé和tǔ dì土地。

Data centers are like very large computer warehouses. They need electricity all the time, and they also use a lot of water and land.

gōng sī公司cháng常shuō说，zhè这huì会dài lái带来gōng zuò工作、tóu zī投资hé和jìn bù进步，suǒ yǐ所以bā xī巴西、zhì lì智利、wū la guī乌拉圭hé和ā gēn tíng阿根廷dōu都zài在tuī dòng推动zhè这lèi类xiàng mù项目。

Companies often say this will bring jobs, investment, and progress, so Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina are all promoting these kinds of projects.

kě shì可是，fù jìn附近jū mín居民cháng cháng常常yào要fù chū付出dài jià代价。

But nearby residents often have to pay the price.

bā xī巴西yí gè一个dà xíng大型xiàng mù项目kě néng可能yòng diào用掉xiàng像600 wàn rén600万人chéng shì城市yī yàng一样duō多de的diàn电，dāng dì当地rén人dān xīn担心hóng shuǐ洪水、huán jìng环境shěn pī审批tài太kuài快，yě也méi yǒu没有tīng dào听到jū mín居民de的yì jiàn意见。

A large project in Brazil could use as much electricity as a city of 6 million people. Local people worry about flooding, environmental approvals being too fast, and residents not being heard.

zhì lì智利hé和wū la guī乌拉圭de的yī xiē一些jū mín居民yě也fǎn duì反对gǔ gē谷歌de的shù jù zhōng xīn数据中心，yīn wèi因为zhè xiē这些xiàng mù项目huì会dà liàng大量yòng用shuǐ水，ér而dāng dì当地běn lái本来jiù就yǒu有gān hàn干旱wèn tí问题。

Some residents in Chile and Uruguay also oppose Google’s data centers because these projects use a lot of water, and those places already have drought problems.

yán jiū rén yuán研究人员hái还shuō说，shù jù zhōng xīn数据中心kě néng可能ràng让diàn jià电价biàn变guì贵，zhì zào制造zào yīn噪音hé和rè dǎo热岛，yǐng xiǎng影响rén人de的jiàn kāng健康。

Researchers also say data centers may make electricity more expensive, create noise and heat islands, and affect people’s health.

suī rán虽然gōng sī公司shuō说huì会dài lái带来wèi lái未来，dàn但hěn很duō多shù jù zhōng xīn数据中心jiàn hǎo建好hòu后，zhǐ只xū yào需要hěn很shǎo少yuán gōng员工。

Although companies say they will bring the future, many data centers need only a small number of workers after they are built.

yuè lái yuè越来越duō多shè qū社区kāi shǐ开始wèn问：zhè yàng这样de的fā zhǎn发展，zhēn de真的duì对dà jiā大家dōu都yǒu有hǎo chù好处ma吗？

More and more communities are starting to ask: Is this kind of development really good for everyone?

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Source:The human cost of the data center push in Latin America

By Daria Dergacheva / Global Voices|CC BY 3.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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