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 ...

Data centers could produce “digital smog” by increasing power plant emissions and relying on backup generators during ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a surge of data center construction across the United States, and rural ...

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

The Trump administration issued a proposal late Thursday that aims to help AI data centers get connected to the electric grid more quickly. Energy Secretary Chris Wright sent the proposal to the ...

One small town in Michigan is debating whether to allow data centers. It's a topic getting pushback all over the country. The Planet Money team explores the hot button issue.

Dylan Poulsen works on a server at Meta’s Eagle Mountain Data Center in Eagle Mountain on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Meta is expanding the data center, increasing the total investment to over $1.5 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

OpenAI has spoken with the U.S. government about the possibility of federal loan guarantees to spur construction of chip ...

A report released Tuesday by Western Resource Advocates warns of the need to be prepared for the amount of energy and water that data centers demand, especially in the dry interior West. “The ...

(Reuters) -ChatGPT parent OpenAI does not "want government guarantees" for its data centers, CEO Sam Altman said on Thursday, ...