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弗吉尼亚州共和党人警告，州长的清洁能源推动计划可能削弱关键数据中心地区的电网稳定性
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发布于2026年9月22日美国东部时间下午3:16
格雷格·古特菲尔德：这本不该成为争议议题
《五人组》栏目就人工智能数据中心因水和能源消耗引发的日益强烈的反对声展开辩论。联合主持人讨论了唐纳德·特朗普总统对这些设施的辩护，他警告称，拒绝数据中心是“一个错误”，而得克萨斯州州长格雷格·雅培则警告企业，由于电网需求压力，它们正在自掘坟墓。
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弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格的数据中心计划正面临批评，其核心条款之一可能会自相矛盾：限制现场天然气发电可能会让大型数据中心更难——而非更容易——支持弗吉尼亚州本就承压的电网。
stakes 事关重大，因为弗吉尼亚州已经在努力应对数据中心快速增长的电力需求，尤其是在北弗吉尼亚地区，那里的需求增长速度超过了输电线路和变电站的扩建速度。在该州试图稳定电网并同时转向更清洁能源的当下，限制现场天然气发电可能会让大型数据中心更难获得可靠的电力供应。
“所有人都承认，弗吉尼亚州在数据中心相关事务上需要做出改变。但州长的提案存在内在矛盾，让人严重质疑它是否真的可行，”弗吉尼亚州众议院少数党领袖特里·基尔戈尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
斯潘伯格的《数据中心问责框架》要求数据中心助力稳定电网，同时限制其现场天然气发电的电力占比。
谁为美国电力热潮买单？人工智能热潮下，红蓝州降低电费的方式截然不同
阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格于2026年1月17日周六在弗吉尼亚州里士满州议会大厦举行的就职活动中宣誓就任弗吉尼亚州州长。（斯蒂芬妮·斯卡伯勒/美联社）
来自盖特城的共和党人基尔戈尔指出，该计划规定数据中心应“自行采购清洁能源”，同时又试图“限制数据中心从……天然气中获取的发电量”。
该计划还呼吁加快清洁能源开发，并优先为投资“清洁能源”或“进一步限制现场天然气发电”的数据中心提供电网接入权限。
“如果它们未能达到州长偏好的能源标准，可能会面临更高的税负，”基尔戈尔说。
“那么，究竟有什么可靠、可调度的能源来源应该填补这一缺口？这不是一个政治问题：这是电网运行的基本逻辑。”
斯潘伯格的一名发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，州长的计划是美国“最全面、范围最广”的方案，旨在保护弗吉尼亚州居民和该联邦州的“自然美景”。
“州长的计划还终结了数据中心的保密行为，禁止使用保密协议，并强化了地方审批程序。虽然斯潘伯格州长正推动对数据中心进行问责——民调显示这一举措得到了两党绝大多数民众的支持——但特朗普政府却继续无视弗吉尼亚州民众对数据中心能源、水资源和土地使用的切实担忧，”这名发言人说道。
斯潘伯格的计划仍然允许数据中心建设现场发电设施，因为该框架仅限制该电力的使用范围。
她还签署了由大瀑布市民主党众议员里普·沙利文提出的法案，大幅提高了弗吉尼亚州的储能目标，包括住宅和商业储能容量达到1600兆瓦的目标。
得克萨斯州州长格雷格·雅培有效暂停新数据中心项目，等待全州电网审计
2024年7月28日周日，美国弗吉尼亚州斯通里奇的亚马逊网络服务数据中心。北弗吉尼亚州的数据中心开发商正向公用事业公司 Dominion Energy Inc. 申请相当于多座核电站发电量的电力，这最新迹象表明人工智能正推高电力需求。（内森·霍华德/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
共和党人表示，他们在这一问题上与斯潘伯格找到了一些共同点，理由是公众对数据中心建设激增和资源压力感到不安。
“我很高兴州长终于开始讨论高电费和数据中心问题。弗吉尼亚州民众早就已经在谈论这些了，”参议院少数党领袖、来自汉诺威的共和党人瑞安·麦克道格尔在福克斯新闻数字频道获得的一份声明中说道。“这本不该成为党派分歧议题。”
但他也呼应了基尔戈尔的担忧，即在迫在眉睫的零排放要求背景下，该计划在能源发电方面的动态平衡存在问题。
“弗吉尼亚州民众——无论民主党人、共和党人还是无党派人士——都会给出同样的答案。他们的电费上涨了。那些推高电价的法律——碳税、《弗吉尼亚州清洁经济法案》、太阳能强制要求等等——都应该被废除，建设数据中心的企业应该自行承担相关成本，”麦克道格尔说道。
与此同时，一些顶级民主党人也批评了他们州长的计划。
“州长终于感受到了压力，但仍在无视核心问题，”参议院临时议长L·路易丝·卢卡斯在接受里士满美国广播公司附属电视台采访时表示。
来自朴次茅斯的卢卡斯表示，该框架错误地忽视了取消数据中心税收豁免的必要性。
这场辩论正值弗吉尼亚州根据《弗吉尼亚州清洁经济法案》进行州强制要求的淘汰碳排放发电转型期间。
根据该法律，该州主要公用事业公司通常必须在2045年底前淘汰剩余的国内燃煤发电设施。该法律还允许公用事业公司在遵守规定会威胁到电力服务的可靠性或安全性时寻求豁免。
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斯潘伯格的新框架将推动符合条件的数据中心朝着这一方向更进一步，限制现场天然气发电，同时优先为那些投资清洁能源、减少备用发电机排放并进一步限制对天然气依赖的设施提供电网接入权限。
基尔戈尔的论点暴露了新的紧张关系：在足够可靠的替代能源到位之前就限制一种现场电力来源，可能会制造出斯潘伯格的框架原本旨在防止的可靠性问题。
据劳登县称，这一问题在北弗吉尼亚州尤为突出，那里的数据中心电力需求增长速度超过了为其服务的输电线路和变电站的扩建速度。
在北弗吉尼亚州所谓的“数据中心 Alley”，随着数据中心建设热潮将大型数据中心建在人口密集的居民区附近，官员们已经在着手解决如何稳定电网的问题。
劳登县的官员表示，那里典型的数据中心需要持续供应30至200兆瓦的电力——足以满足20万户普通家庭的用电需求。
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弗吉尼亚州长期以来一直是美国数据中心产业的中心，北弗吉尼亚州如今是全球最大的数据中心市场，拥有全球约13%的运营数据中心容量。（安娜·蒙尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
该县对数据中心开发考量的解释中，还专门将“天然气往复式发动机”列为现场电力的途径之一，这似乎与州长推动减少使用该燃料的方向相矛盾。
福克斯新闻数字频道联系了来自弗吉尼亚州的民主党众议员苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆，就此事寻求更多评论，因为他在国会代表该郡，也是数据中心辩论的核心声音之一。
本月早些时候，苏布拉马尼亚姆提出了《国家数据中心计划》，该计划同样要求数据中心自行承担能源成本，在开工前分析其对社区、环境和国家安全的影响。
这场辩论让斯潘伯格数据中心计划的核心争议悬而未决：在该州同时限制现场天然气发电的情况下，清洁能源发电、电池储能和灵活需求能否提供足够可靠的电力，以满足弗吉尼亚州快速增长的数据中心负载。
本文作者在宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦出生长大，自2013年起在福克斯新闻纽约和华盛顿分社工作。
Spanberger’s data center plan on collision course with her party’s green energy push, critics warn
2026-09-22T15:16:16-04:00 / Fox News
Virginia Republicans warn the governor’s clean energy push could undercut electric grid stability in key data center regions
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published September 22, 2026 3:16pm EDT
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s data center plan is facing criticism that one of its key provisions may work against itself: Limits on on-site natural gas generation could make it harder, not easier, for large data centers to support Virginia’s already-stressed electric grid.
The stakes are high because Virginia is already struggling to keep up with rapidly growing data-center electricity demand, especially in Northern Virginia, where demand is outpacing the expansion of transmission lines and substations. Restricting on-site natural gas generation could make it harder for large data centers to add dependable power at a time when the state is trying to stabilize the grid while also shifting toward cleaner energy sources.
“Everyone recognizes the need for changes in how Virginia engages with data centers. But the Governor’s proposal is internally contradictory and raises serious questions about whether it can actually work,” Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore told Fox News Digital.
Spanberger’s Data Center Accountability Framework calls for data centers to help stabilize the electric grid while limiting the amount of electricity they can generate from on-site natural gas.
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Abigail Spanberger takes the oath for governor of Virginia during inaugural activities at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)
Kilgore, R-Gate City, noted that the plan states data centers should source their “own clean power” while at the same time seeking to “limit the amount of electricity data centers can generate from … natural gas.”
The plan also calls for accelerated clean energy development and prioritizes grid access for data centers that invest in “clean energy” or “further limit on-site natural gas generation.”
“And if they fail to meet the governor’s preferred energy standards, they could face higher taxes,” Kilgore said.
“What reliable, dispatchable source of power is supposed to fill the gap? That’s not a political question: it’s how the grid works.”
A Spanberger spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the governor’s plan is the “most comprehensive and wide-ranging” in the country and that it aims to protect both Virginia residents and the commonwealth’s “natural beauty.”
“The Governor’s plan also ends secrecy around data centers by banning non-disclosure agreements and strengthening local approval. While Governor Spanberger is pushing to hold data centers accountable — an action polling shows is overwhelming supported by Democrats and Republicans — the Trump Administration has continued to dismiss the very real concerns Virginians have about data centers’ energy, water, and land usage,” the spokesperson said.
Spanberger’s plan can still allow data centers to construct on-site power, as the framework only restricts the use of that power.
She also signed a bill by Del. Rip Sullivan, D-Great Falls, that sharply increased Virginia’s goals for energy storage, including a target of 1,600 MW of storage capacity at homes and businesses.
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An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia, US, on Sunday, July 28, 2024. Data center developers in Northern Virginia are asking utility Dominion Energy Inc. for as much power as several nuclear reactors can generate, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence is helping drive up electricity demand.(Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Republicans said they found some common ground with Spanberger on the issue, citing public unease about the explosion in data center construction and stress on resources.
“I am glad the Governor is finally talking about high power bills and data centers. Virginians already are,” Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. “This should not be a partisan issue.”
But he also echoed Kilgore’s concern about the plan’s energy-generation dynamics amid looming zero-emissions requirements.
“Virginians — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — will tell you the same thing. Their power bills went up. The laws raising electric bills — the tax on carbon, the Virginia Clean Economy Act, solar mandates, and more — should be repealed, and the companies building data centers should pay their own costs,” McDougle said.
At the same time, some top Democrats criticized their governor’s plan.
“The governor is finally feeling the heat but still ignoring the fire,” Senate President Pro-Tem L. Louise Lucas told Richmond’s ABC affiliate.
Lucas, of Portsmouth, said the framework wrongly ignored the need to end tax exemptions for the centers.
The debate comes as Virginia is already in the midst of a state-mandated transition away from carbon-emitting electricity generation under the Virginia Clean Economy Act.
Under the law, the state’s major utilities generally must retire their remaining in-state generating units that emit carbon by burning fuel by the end of 2045. The law also allows utilities to seek relief from those requirements if compliance would threaten the reliability or security of electric service.
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Spanberger’s new framework would push qualifying data centers further in that direction, limiting on-site natural gas generation while prioritizing grid access for facilities that invest in clean energy, reduce backup-generator emissions and further restrict their reliance on natural gas.
Kilgore’s argument surfaced new tension: Restricting one source of on-site power before sufficient dependable alternatives are available could create the very reliability challenge Spanberger’s framework says it is intended to prevent.
The issue is particularly acute in Northern Virginia, where data-center electricity demand is growing faster than the transmission lines and substations needed to serve it can be expanded, according to Loudoun County.
In Northern Virginia’s so-called data center alley, officials are already troubleshooting how to stabilize the grid as an explosion in data center construction puts massive sites among densely populated subdivisions.
There, Loudoun County leaders say the typical data center requires a continuous supply of 30 to 200 MW — enough to otherwise power 200,000 average homes.
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Virginia has long been at the center of America’s data center industry, with Northern Virginia now the largest data center market in the world and home to roughly 13% of global operational capacity.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The county’s explanation of data center development considerations also specifically lists “natural gas reciprocating engines” as one of the avenues for onsite power, appearing to contradict the push by the governor away from the fuel source.
Fox News Digital reached out to Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., for additional comment on the matter because he represents the county in Congress and has been a top voice in the data center debate.
Earlier this month, Subramanyam introduced the National Data Center Plan, which would similarly require data centers to pay for their own energy, analyze their effects on the community, environment and national security before beginning construction.
The debate leaves the central dispute over Spanberger’s data-center plan unresolved: whether clean generation, battery storage and flexible demand can provide enough dependable power to accommodate Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center load as the state simultaneously restricts on-site natural gas generation.
Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked in both the New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.
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