How the AI industry uses water and how that impacts an increasingly parched world is more complicated than people think.

Power demand from data centers threatens to scuttle utility decarbonization goals, push grid infrastructure to the brink, and drive up electricity costs for everyday customers already struggling to ...

The data center boom continues in Wisconsin. But what are data centers, and why are people upset about them coming to our ...

Amazon Web Services executive says data center is long-term commitment that company wants to be part of community.

ASHBURN, VA - MAY 9: People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The global AI craze ...

For years, data center developers have treated community resistance as a given. The assumption has been that no matter how ...

Data centers fueling the AI boom are driving up the nation’s demand for electricity — and possibly your utility bill along with it. There are several reasons power is getting more expensive in the US.

In the world of data centers, the giant bit-barns run by global hyperscalers get most of the attention, but there’s a world of smaller colocation providers dealing with local needs. And those smaller ...

The AI data center building boom is spreading large-scale facilities across the U.S., but few are being designed with even an iota of aesthetic distinction. If a single type of building could define ...

San José and PG&E are preparing massive grid upgrades, but AI demand could nearly triple the city's energy use.