The development of data centers has boomed in recent years, with the United States accounting for about half of the world's ...

The city of Aurora is considering putting in place new regulations around data centers as its moratorium on these types of developments nears its end. The regulations would include provisions on ...

xAI’s notorious data centers near Memphis, Tenn., are appropriately named Colossus 1 and Colossus 2. The supercomputers that ...

These facilities use excessive amounts of electricity and water. Development plans are being discussed in Polk, Palm Beach, ...

Part one of our Keep Calm and Count the Kilowatts series showed how AI prompts are only a small portion of a person's daily power use. Part two explored how AI’s power, water and carbon footprints ...

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the ...

Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed legislation that would put a moratorium on data center construction.

Environmental regulators last week said the “Project Washington” data center proposed by Starwood Digital Ventures doesn’t meet Coastal Zone Act regulations. It proposes using 516 diesel-powered ...

Many local communities are considering or putting in place moratoriums on data centers, as it becomes a campaign issue ahead ...