A growing digital economy and use of artificial intelligence has exponentially increased the need for physical facilities to ...

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 ...

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

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.

The ginormous LED screen flashed as dignitaries celebrated inside a bare industrial warehouse serving as New Albany's latest data center. "Water is for streams, not streaming," it beamed to those ...

(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 ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...

A large data center is shown next to several residential homes - Nathan Howard/Getty Images Data centers are becoming a hot topic. The sprawling, windowless buildings store and process everything from ...

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 ...

Recent election results and evidence from states show misgivings about the growth of AI and the ramifications for energy ...

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