The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

Over the last half decade, wholesale electricity prices have increased 267% in places close to data centers. That’s contributed to a backlash against new ones. But some experts believe data centers ...

OHIO — Attorney General Dave Yost, R-Ohio, approved the petition title and summary for a constitutional amendment against data centers. The amendment is titled "Prohibition of Construction of a Data" ...

In today’s fast-paced business environment, technology plays a critical role in driving growth and efficiency. Enterprises ...

Driven by surging AI demand, data centers are expanding at unprecedented speed, with many soon expected to require a gigawatt or more of electrical power. As a result, electricity has become a ...

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and others signed a nonbinding pledge agreeing to cover the cost of powering AI data centers. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the ...

Prerequisite: Introduction to R for Absolute Beginners or some experience using R. You’ve cleaned and analyzed your data, now learn how to visualize it. Visualizing data is critical for both ...

Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers. By David McCabe and Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington ...

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide. Grids from the US ...

Google will build its first data center in Minnesota in a small town called Pine Island. The tech company will also bring 1,900 megawatts of new renewable energy to the state under an agreement with ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions. By Claire Brown Tech companies are investing billions of dollars to build energy-hungry data centers at a time when demand ...