Microsoft promised consumers won't foot the bill for its data centers. Our interactive map shows where its facilities are located.

Business Insider found where 44 of Microsoft's data centers are located as of 2024. It promised this week consumers won't be ...

Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

Data Center Watch, a project of 10a Labs, an AI security consultancy, said it is seeing a sharp escalation in community, ...

Data centers target rural communities for lower costs, not to create high-quality jobs, study finds

Local governments often tell residents that the power-hungry developments will bring numerous tech jobs to their communities.
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Spartanburg County puts off vote on data center as concern surfaces

Spartanburg County Council chairman Manning Lynch said he has "put the brakes on" tax incentives to support the proposed $3 ...

Crisis concern as data centers and energy demand turn the Northwest ‘upside down’

Data centers are straining electricity supplies even as Oregon tries to switch to renewable power. That’s put the grid’s ...

As 2026 legislative session starts, data centers’ diesel generators are a top concern for Virginians

Virginia’s ever-growing fleet of data centers will take the spotlight when the General Assembly reconvenes this week. Along ...
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Planning needed for potential Lehigh Valley data center boom

AI-driven data centers are replacing warehouses as the top industrial development in the Lehigh Valley, raising concerns ...