We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among ...

For decades, the data center was a centralized place. As AI shifts to an everyday tool, that model is changing. We are moving ...

They form the backbone of social media platforms, e-commerce sites and other technologies. They pay big tax bills but suck up energy and water.

Growth in the data center industry isn’t just expanding, it’s exploding. The number of U.S. data centers nearly quadrupled from 2010 to 2024, and demand is climbing with technologies like AI and cloud ...

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...

It’s a digital gold rush as data center development sweeps through small-town America. As demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital storage surges, developers are racing to ...

Alphabet announced an plan to buy Intersect for $4.75 billion to secure power for US data centers. The move comes as tech firms face rising grid constraints and AI infrastructure project delays.

AI data centers are pushing up electricity demand and fueling higher electricity prices for U.S. households, according to energy experts. Consumers in certain areas of the country like the West and ...

The nearly 600 acres of land off Michigan Avenue in Saline Township, where Related Digital wants to build a massive data center, is still just vacant land in a fairly rural community close to Ann ...