While data centers have the potential to transform our society, they come at a price, particularly in the form of rising ...

Data centers have powered the internet for years, but with the rise of artificial intelligence, they are projected to need eye-popping amounts of power, along with costly infrastructure upgrades to ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data ...

Virginia’s energy grid is under pressure as data centers multiply. The governor-elect says she’ll lean into solar and consider extending tax breaks.

What happens when data centers come to town? A whole lot, wanted or not. Tech firms are promising to pour trillions of dollars into building new data centers to continue powering the rapid growth of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — If you live in or around Tucson, it's hard to avoid hearing about Project Blue. The large proposed data center would be built on 290 acres near the Pima County Fairgrounds. The company ...

Ongoing and evolving AI use has created a surge in demand for data centers, creating worrying sustainability impacts, but new ...

(The Center Square) – Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities grow. These facilities house the servers that process ...

What started as one Kenosha resident’s viral TikTok video has turned into a wave of concern and discussion over Microsoft’s ...

Many welcome recent US AI expansion plans into the UK. However, alongside jubilation about billions in inward investment come troubling reservations about the environmental cost of the 95 new UK data ...

The construction of data centers have been criticized for their power and energy use, but some communities call them an economic benefit.

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...