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Recent media reports have questioned whether a natural gas plant built to power an Amazon data center project in Texas could become the largest climate polluter in the US. The controversy, whatever the eventual outcome, offers a reality check for America's artificial intelligence (AI) drive. 
It exposes a growing contradiction: The US is racing to expand its AI capabilities, yet its protectionist trade policies are making it harder and more costly to access some of the clean-energy technologies needed to sustain that expansion. This raises a broader question: Can an energy-intensive AI race afford the costs of renewable energy protectionism?
The US is entering a new era of rising electricity demand. Data centers, the backbone of the AI economy, are emerging as one of the fastest-growing sources of power consumption. Much of that demand is still being met by fossil fuels: The International Energy Agency reports that natural gas supplies more than 40 percent of the electricity used by data centers in the US, making it their largest source of power. 
So, it's not surprising that the expansion of data centers has raised concerns over their environmental impact and the pressure they could place on local power systems and electricity bills. A Gallup survey conducted in March found that seven in 10 Americans opposed the construction of AI data centers in their local area, including 48 percent who strongly opposed such projects.
The findings point to a broader challenge for the US: The race to develop AI is increasingly becoming a race to meet growing energy needs. Addressing this challenge will require more than advances in computing technology; it will also depend on an energy system capable of delivering large amounts of reliable, affordable and cleaner power. That, in turn, will require faster development and broader deployment of clean-energy technologies, from solar power to energy storage.
Yet in the clean-energy sector, the US has increasingly relied on protectionist trade measures that limit access to cost-competitive products from global markets. The country has placed greater emphasis on expanding domestic manufacturing capacity, but rebuilding entire clean-energy supply chains at home is a costly and time-consuming process. Even if expanded domestic production is achieved, it is likely to come at a higher cost, making the deployment of renewable technologies more expensive and potentially slower.
The solar industry offers a clear illustration of this policy direction. The US has continued to expand trade barriers in the sector. Reuters reported that the US government announced on Thursday a series of price floors and a 15 percent tariff on products made from polysilicon, a raw material used in solar panels.
The challenge lies in the limited scale of the US polysilicon industry. Reuters reported that the country has two polysilicon factories. Against this backdrop, relying on domestic polysilicon production while restricting access to imports runs counter to the goal of expanding solar power in the US. The country risks creating barriers that ultimately constrain its own access to the global supply chains needed for growth.
The pressing issue for the US is the speed at which new power demand is emerging. The expansion of data centers is creating electricity needs that cannot wait for domestic clean-energy capacity to develop gradually. Global supply chains can provide the scale and speed required in the near term. By narrowing access to these sources, the US risks turning clean-energy policy into a drag on the infrastructure needed for its AI race.
The US has placed AI high on its economic and technological agenda. The outcome of this race will matter greatly, as financial markets are also watching whether America can turn its AI efforts into commercial success.
This leaves the US with a difficult choice: Can it afford the cost of clean-energy protectionism while racing to build AI infrastructure? The answer may be no. Trade barriers that limit access to competitive renewable technologies could ultimately become a constraint on the AI expansion that Washington is seeking to accelerate.
The author is a reporter with the Global Times. [email protected]

。    转自公众号：新西兰中文先驱Chinese_Herald          万众瞩目，新西兰今年最知名的绿党议员Golriz Ghahraman终于回来了。         Advertise with us          但直到发稿时，对于她涉嫌偷窃的指控一点回应都没有，令人诧异不已。                   01          涉嫌2次在同家店行窃          新西兰开年第一件大瓜不是前总理Ardern结婚，而是绿党议员Golriz Ghahraman“偷窃门”事件。上周，我们报道了她被指控在奥克兰Ponsonby 的Scotties Boutique店行窃的新闻。         说她在去年12月23日，准备偷走价值15000纽币的衣服，被店员拦住。

B | 但她拒绝按照店员要求开包查看，然后离开了店铺。         几个小时后，衣服被匿名地还回了商店。

C |          媒体报道称，这不是她第一次涉嫌作案，在此之前的几周，她就在同一家店行窃过，简直令下惊掉下巴。         作为一名国会议员，年薪至少16万多纽币，还要去行窃？太毁三观了吧。

D |                    02          无回应只会损坏声誉          事件曝光后，虽然绿党两位党魁发表声明称已停止Ghahraman在党内的职务。         但是对于行窃案情细节，一切都不知道，还在了解中。

E |          作为当事人，Ghahraman没有任何回应，因为她和朋友已出国去旅行，据称这次旅行是预先计划好的。

F |          时评员Shane Te Pou今天表示，绿党和Ghahraman都保持沉默，加剧了民众的猜测，绿党应该挺身而出公开真相。         “这事要么是真的，要么没有，我认为这中间没有灰色地带。”          “Ghahraman应该早点面对这件事，如果她做不到，她应该通过 Zoom 或任何方法，有多种方法，与她的领导者沟通，准确地告诉他们她的回应。”          Te Pou 说，这种沉默加剧了猜测，损害了绿党和Ghahraman的声誉。         “从长远看，人们正在试图压制这个问题，我认为，为了绿党，为了Ghahraman本人，解决这一切问题的关键是公开。”          “毫无疑问，她确切地知道新西兰正在发生什么，她也知道这件事的严重性，我认为她回来后会经历一段痛苦的时期。         不仅时评员感到纳闷，连绿党的党内同事也表示，自从指控事件发生后，都没有收到过Ghahraman的任何消息。         今天，Ghahraman终于回来了，到底真相是什么？是否真的有盗窃行为？一直到本文发稿时，没有任何消息。

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