The AI data center boom is reshaping economies while straining power grids, water supplies, and communities. Here’s the real cost behind AI’s rise.

Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that ...

Despite opposition, a new POLITICO poll suggests data centers aren’t unpopular nationwide. But that changes when one shows up in your backyard, both the AI industry and its foes say.

The company building the largest data center in NJ say theirs is a eco-friendly facility, but skeptics worry about water and ...

In the past several months, residents in Southwestern Pennsylvania have have heard a lot about the potential development of data centers in the region. If these projects were to come to fruition, what ...

A surge of AI data centers is driving up power and water demand across North Carolina, increasing emissions and electricity ...

Data centers are popping up in semi-arid areas like Colorado. Experts say they should come with a warning label when it comes to water.

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

Environmental regulators in Delaware say the proposed data center, known as Project Washington, would be one of the state’s top polluters.

A Brunswick County town is making way for data centers within its jurisdiction.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Gaines Township Planning Commission has again postponed a meeting to consider the rezoning of a Microsoft-owned property for data center development. The public hearing ...