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For the U.S., data centers and how to find energy supply for them is a discussion
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that dominate in many states as they are competing to attract data center investments.
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However, alongside the benefits data center brings,
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there are also growing concerns as power shortages impact people's daily lives.
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A reporter in the U.S brings the story.
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Loudoun County in the United States of Virginia is known as
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one of the wealthiest regions in the United States with household incomes ranking among the highest in the nation.
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Currently, local authorities are considering a temporary suspension of permits for new data center projects due to concerns over power shortages.
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Electricity supply is widely seen as the key factor in attracting
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data center investments today we spend a lot of time negotiating with amazon
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for a building powering their data centers they don't care about the power the cost of power
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the value of a data center is so high
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and the need is so great that they're willing to pay a premium for power.
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So if you've got power,
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you can get it financed very quickly.
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Loudoun County is tackling electricity shortages through measures such as installing generators near its center.
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However, power demand is projected to increase five-fold within six years,
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further strengthening the system.
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To address this and other challenges,
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the county has released a white paper outlining recommendations to attract data center investments.
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Six key factors in order of priority,
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sound, sight, what do they look like,
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setback from residential communities, power,
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where you're getting your power from,
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water, where you're getting your water from,
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and emissions, what kind of backup power emissions come out of your diesel backup generators.
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You've got to address those six factors in that order.
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You must address those if you're a county.
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One of the things I say in one of those 15 best practices,
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never allow buy-right data center development.
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Always require data centers that are moving to your county
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or your neighborhood to get permission from the local government to build their data center.
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Data centers currently contribute 38% of the county's revenue.
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Residents here benefit significantly from the industry's presence,
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while some may view data centers as a burden due to the costs associated with supporting them.
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Local government's spending related to the industry account for only about 4%,
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compared with approximately 25% from many other sectors.
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Data centers bring a lot of benefits for county budget,
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and from a loud out county white paper,
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the foreign city may get the lesson for infrastructure development of the data center for city infrastructure and for local people.
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I thank for Vietnam today.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 442 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:02. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 146 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| attract verbo | /əˈtɹækt/ | atraer |
| shortage sustantivo | /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/ | falta, carestía |
| infrastructure sustantivo | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | infraestructura |
| backup sustantivo | /ˈbækˌʌp/ | respaldo |
| generator sustantivo | /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ | generador, generador eléctrico |
| emission sustantivo | /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ | emisión |
| temporary adjetivo | /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/ | temporario, temporáneo |
| household adjetivo | /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ | casero, hogareño |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| alongside | /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ | yunto/juntamente/junto con |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| rank sustantivo | /ˈɹæŋk/ | fila |
| priority sustantivo | /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/ | prioridad |
| associate sustantivo | /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/ | asociado |
| compete verbo | /kəmˈpiːt/ | competir, competer (disused) |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, you've, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, suspension /səˈspɛnʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, generator /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como attract, shortage, infrastructure.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.