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一 |     　　当一家以GPU设计闻名的公司开始为变电站和输电线路操心时，AI基础设施的游戏规则已经变了。　　当地时间8月21日，美国数据中心电力开发商Cloverleaf Infrastructure LLC宣布，已与英伟达（NVIDIA）达成战略合作伙伴关系，旨在“推进全美数字基础设施发展”。作为合作的一部分，英伟达对Cloverleaf进行了少数股权投资，以进一步支持AI工厂的建设落地。    As Massoud walked down a Kabul street one cold Sunday morning, looking for a day job to feed his family, pickup trucks full of armed Taliban members stopped in front of him. He told CBS News the men aimed their AK-47s at him, he was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to an office of the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.For more than a month, Massoud's family had no idea where he was. They searched everywhere, including hospitals, until they arrived at the Taliban's intelligence department. "After six weeks of searching, they found me at the Taliban's 040 intelligence department," Massoud told CBS News in a phone interview. He said during the first 15 days of his imprisonment, he was "beaten, struck with electric shock sticks, electrocuted, waterboarded and hanged upside down."

             

His crime? Massoud worked for the U.S. military as an interpreter from 2011 to 2013, including a year spent working with U.S. Navy SEALs. (CBS News is not using the real name of Massoud or the other former interpreter interviewed for this story to protect them from possible retaliation.)       

"Don't want to see that horror again" 

Massoud said that during interrogations, Taliban intelligence officers told him that, "with my help, the Americans have killed our people, and that I was still spying for the Americans.""I told them, 'You have announced a general amnesty,'" Massoud told CBS News, but he was informed by the Taliban interrogators, "there is no amnesty for you people."                 Massoud was finally released by the Taliban after more than three months of imprisonment, after his brothers signed two separate guarantees promising the Taliban they would bring him back to the intelligence agency if ever asked to do so. CBS News has seen the letters and other documents his family filed with Taliban officials while he was imprisoned."They can find me anytime they wish and put me back in the prison," he told CBS News. "I just don't want to see that horror again." 

"Still in danger"

U.S. Army Sgt. Jordan David Johnson, who has since been honorably discharged, was Massoud's direct supervisor in Helmand province and has written to members of the U.S. Congress supporting his former Afghan colleague's application for a U.S. visa, but to no avail. "Every time I hear from Massoud I feel guilty, because he is still in danger," Johnson told CBS News. "We told them that, 'You help us, and we will help you.' But now we are not, and that is wrong."

             

In a September 2022 letter to lawmakers, Johnson said he trusted Massoud then, "and I am proud to call him a friend today," adding that he did not believe the Afghan "poses a national security threat to the United States of America."                      

"They will come after me and my family"

Omar, 32, told CBS News that he worked with the U.S. military from 2008 until 2012 and was deployed alongside U.S. troops in eastern Paktia province. From 2012 until Afghanistan fell back into the Taliban's hands in August 2021, he worked on various projects with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. He was threatened many times for working with the U.S. and was injured in what he believes was an assassination attempt in 2014, after he filed for a U.S. visa. 

    

                                                     

    

Despite the threats, which he continued reporting to his supervisors at the embassy, Omar was informed that his U.S. Special Immigration Visa, or SIV, application had been rejected because documents he submitted previously had been deemed fraudulent. He believes it's because he failed a polygraph administered by U.S. officials eight years earlier, and that the process was unfair. "They intentionally make you a criminal," he told CBS News. "You are only allowed to answer their questions with yes and no, and they don't give you a chance to explain." Omar filed an appeal against the rejection of his application in mid-June and is waiting for a response. He urged the U.S. government to "seriously look into our cases and take us into safety," adding that if it doesn't happen, "they will come after me and my family one day."

"Absurd that it takes so long"

During the 20-year war that followed the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans served as interpreters and translators, working shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops and diplomats, risking their lives serving on the battlefield and communicating with locals.                       These interpreters were essential to bridge the language barrier, but also to provide cultural context, gather intelligence, negotiate with tribal elders and build trust with local communities. Massoud and Omar both applied for SIVs under a program created by the U.S. Congress in 2006 to offer legal pathways to the United States for Iraqis and Afghans who helped during the U.S. military operations in those countries. But the bureaucracy of the SIV application process has left many applicants frustrated, with little faith in the program.Massoud said his application was rejected due to a lack of documentation from his supervisors, despite Johnson trying to help. He said he submitted the requested documents and has waited for more than 320 days with no update from the U.S. government. "Every time Massoud submits all his documents and we think, 'now we are waiting for his visa to be approved,' then Massoud would contact me again saying, 'I need this and this document, because they keep changing the requirements,'" Johnson said. 

    

                                                     

    

"The SIV process is flawed and ridiculous and absurd that it takes so long. These interpreters, their lives are in danger," the former U.S. soldier told CBS News. "We don't do enough for them, and it's very frustrating."

The backlog, and work to improve a "vital program"

"We have surged resources to this vital program, significantly increasing the number of staff dedicated to it. We have reviewed every stage of the multiple step application process to streamline it wherever possible, consistent with U.S. law, and continue to look for areas to improve," a State Department spokesperson told CBS News.The official said the steps had enabled the State Department to issue "nearly 34,000 SIVs to principal applicants and their eligible family members" from the beginning of the Biden administration until August 1, 2023.                      As of the end of March, State Department figures show about 9,800 principal SIV applicants had cleared a major hurdle in the process, securing Chief Of Mission (COM) approval. Those individuals are "awaiting further processing and their eventual visa interview before being issued an SIV," the spokesperson said, adding: "We are working to process these cases as quickly as possible."The State Department's figures show that another 69,000 principal applicants were undergoing the review process, and the spokesperson told CBS News that, historically, about half of the applications who reach that stage of the process do not end up qualifying for an SIV.According to the figures, 3,241 Afghan applicants were "deemed unqualified to receive COM approval or had the approval revoked during the second quarter" of 2023."The Department will continue to ensure Afghan SIV applications are processed as quickly as possible in accordance with the statutorily required program parameters and national security requirements," the spokesman told CBS News. A report issued this week by a State Department inspector general said, meanwhile, that according to the department's own estimation, as of April 2023, a total of "more than 840,000 principal and derivative SIV applicants remained in Afghanistan."CBS News' Tucker Reals and Paulina Smolinski contributed to this report.                                 

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二 | 　　这不是英伟达当月唯一的电力布局。如果把时间轴拉长到三周，一条清晰的纵向整合脉络浮现出来：　　8月8日，The Information率先爆料，英伟达拟向得州电力开发商Lancium投入最高至30亿美元；　　8月10日，英伟达官宣与Apollo、BlackRock等六家顶级金融机构共建超5000亿美元的AI基建融资平台；　　8月17日，英伟达又将15亿美元投向软银旗下SB Energy，为OpenAI在俄亥俄州的园区锁定算力设备独家供应。　　锁定AI工厂的“电力第一公里”　　按官方说法，这笔投资将帮助Cloverleaf及其客户和公用事业合作伙伴满足日益增长的加速计算需求，英伟达将与Cloverleaf联手建好AI工厂所需的基础设施。　　Cloverleaf成立于2024年，总部在休斯敦和西雅图，专做一件事就是为数据中心寻找并开发“有清洁电力保障”的场地。创始团队堪称“全明星”，首席执行官David Berry联合创办过清洁能源公司ConnectGen和输电开发商Clean Line Energy Partners；首席商务官Brian Janous曾任微软能源副总裁；首席技术官Jonathan Abebe曾在美国能源部和Pattern Energy担任高级工程技术职务。

三 | 2024年7月，公司完成超3亿美元初始融资，由私募股权机构NGP Energy Capital和Sandbrook Capital各出资1.5亿美元，管理团队亦有出资。　　Cloverleaf在数据中心和电网中间充当“中间商”，一头与电力公司签供电协议，一头把“通好了电、随时可开工”的场地卖给数据中心开发商，业内称之为“带电土地”（powered land）。AI数据中心最卡脖子的从来不是GPU，而是电。Cloverleaf提前在输电、并网、土地、发电和储能上布局，硬是把“有电的地”做成了生意。　　据外媒报道，成立以来公司已售出超7吉瓦带电土地项目，其中包括为甲骨文（Oracle）和OpenAI在威斯康星州提供的场地，目前在手储备超10吉瓦。

四 | 　　这次合作不止于资本，Cloverleaf将引入英伟达的基础设施设计平台NVIDIA DSX，把选址、供电、散热、算力和厂房在设计早期统筹起来，帮助客户评估基础设施之间的取舍，并在现有电力、水资源和电网容量约束下建设AI工厂；今后其客户从加速计算、高性能网络到平台软件，各层面都能与英伟达直接合作，项目投运后还能靠DSX持续优化能效。

五 | 　　“AI正以前所未有的规模加速数字基础设施需求，并为美国各地社区带来强劲的经济发展机遇。

六 | ”Cloverleaf联合创始人兼首席执行官David Berry说。　　英伟达全球AI基础设施增长副总裁Nico Caprez表示：AI工厂是智能时代的基础设施，而土地、电力和建筑主体正是其基础。Cloverleaf在电力和选址开发方面拥有深厚专业经验，能够打造出卓越且可长期运营的项目基地。双方将共同加快AI基础设施建设，强化美国的能源基础设施，并为下一轮创新提供动力。　　高盛研究部今年5月发布的报告测算，美国数据中心电力需求将从2025年的31吉瓦增至2026年的41吉瓦、2027年的66吉瓦，占夏季用电高峰的比重由4.1%升至8.5%；2027年计划新增容量36.3吉瓦，是2025年实际新增8.5吉瓦的四倍多。高盛分析师直言，“多久能用上电”已成为数据中心选址的头号考量——在PJM（中大西洋地区）和MISO（中西部及西北部）等新增发电跟不上的区域，有的项目甚至可能被电网“拒之门外”。　　由芯入电：从“找电”到重造供电架构　　对Cloverleaf的投资，只是英伟达电力棋局上最新的一子。　　8月8日，据报道，英伟达拟向得州电力开发商Lancium投资最高30亿美元：首期20亿美元换约20%股权，若达成电网接入等特定里程碑后追加10亿美元，对应企业估值约100亿美元。

七 | Lancium是“星际之门”（Stargate）计划首个运营园区——得州阿比林园区的电力基础设施开发商，手握得州电网管理机构ERCOT批准的1.2吉瓦并网容量，并正在开发其他吉瓦级AI园区。

八 | 值得注意的是，截至报道发出时，英伟达与Lancium均未对交易置评。　　8月17日，英伟达通过官方新闻稿确认，将向软银旗下SB Energy投资15亿美元，为OpenAI在俄亥俄州Pike County的PORTS-Pike科技园区独家供应算力设备。该园区初始容量4.25 IT-GW，英伟达有权扩展至剩余3.75 IT-GW，总容量达8吉瓦，OpenAI将以20年租约锁定。英伟达创始人兼首席执行官黄仁勋就此表示：“AI正在成为基础设施——智能时代各行各业的基础——而在AI时代，土地、电力和建筑主体已变得至关重要。

九 | 我们正在为英伟达计算securing长寿命基础设施，以便OpenAI能够部署最高效的AI工厂。

十 | ”　　再加上英伟达8月10日与Apollo、BlackRock、Blackstone、Brookfield、高盛、KKR六家全球顶级金融机构共建、计划撬动超5000亿美元第三方资本的AI基础设施融资平台——电力与资本两条战线，英伟达半个月内连续落子。

十一 | 　　如果说入股电力开发商是“找电”，那么英伟达对供电架构的颠覆更值得关注。2025年10月，在开放计算项目（OCP）全球峰会上，英伟达发布《面向下一代AI基础设施的800 VDC架构》技术白皮书，把一笔账算得明明白白：从Hopper到GB300，机柜功率密度翻了3.4倍，从几十千瓦冲向百千瓦级，单柜1兆瓦已不遥远；而沿用数十年的415伏交流、54伏直流配电，在巨大电流面前只剩两条路——要么忍受高电阻损耗，要么铺下贵得离谱的铜缆。更麻烦的是AI负载的“暴脾气”：数千块GPU同进同退，机柜功耗毫秒间大幅波动，数百兆瓦功率以秒级起落，足以把电网搅得晃动。　　英伟达开出的药方是“800伏直流+多级储能”：与415伏交流架构相比，同样导体截面积可多传输约85%的功率；三线制取代四线制，省下大把铜材；电流从机房配电到机架输入全程直流，大幅削减中间转换环节（传统架构整体效率不足90%）；超级电容和大型电池层层缓冲，相当于给GPU和电网之间装了道“减震器”。

十二 | 　　下一代Kyber机柜将原生采用此架构，2027年全面投产。

十三 | 谷歌、微软与英伟达共同推动其成为行业标准，台达、Vertiv、施耐德、西门子、ABB等数十家设备商已入局，供应链生态已从白皮书初版时的约30家合作伙伴扩展至80余家。　　2026年8月12日，英伟达进一步发布《800 VDC架构：行业对齐与执行白皮书2.0》（800 VDC Architecture: Industry Alignment & Execution Whitepaper 2.0），明确了短期采用塑壳断路器（MCCB）过渡、长期以固态断路器（SSCB）为目标的路线图，并给出三套部署选项，其中包含固态变压器（SST）的远期DC Power Block方案目标于2029年落地。　　这场供电革命，也把机遇递到中国产业链手中。特锐德早在去年10月披露的投资者关系活动记录表中称，公司具备从110kV/220kV高压接入、变电站建设、固态变压器与直流配电方案到综合能源控制的一体化能力，已为火山引擎长三角无为算力中心提供变电站及电力模块设备，并与字节跳动、腾讯、阿里巴巴等建立合作关系，预计2027年推出110kV/800V SST 1.0产品。

十四 | 　　可立克在2026年6月定增预案中披露，募投项目包含应用于固态变压器的高频变压器研发，已与台达、科华数据、高斯宝、中恒电气等建立战略合作，并已批量化生产HVDC专用磁性元件及算力服务器电源专用磁性元件。　　金盘科技在2025年年报及今年披露的投资者关系活动记录表中披露，已完成固态变压器样机的设计及生产，首台适配海外电网800V供电架构的13.8kV SST样机已开发完成，产品占地面积较传统供电架构缩减60%以上。　　中国西电对外透露的信息显示，子公司西安西电电力电子有限公司自研的10千伏/2.42兆伏安固态变压器已应用于贵安国家“东数西算”数据中心项目，另一款10千伏/2兆伏安/750伏固态变压器已在西安市高新区西电智慧园区光储充智慧能源系统中顺利挂网投运。　　国盛证券近期发布的研报认为，SST效率超98%、体积缩减50%以上，2026年全行业处于送样验证阶段，2027年有望迎来批量放量拐点。

十五 | 据悉，SST产业链图谱涵盖碳化硅/氮化镓功率芯片、高频变压器、纳米晶磁材等上游环节。（文章来源：上海证券报）。

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