The development of data centers has boomed in recent years, with the United States accounting for about half of the world's ...

xAI’s notorious data centers near Memphis, Tenn., are appropriately named Colossus 1 and Colossus 2. The supercomputers that ...

Data centers seem to be popping up everywhere, with big tech companies proposing to build them on farmland, old golf courses, downtowns and industrial parks. Many of the proposed developments are huge ...

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

States are well-equipped to deal with data centers, and a new forecast shows what will drive growth in global electricity ...

The Arizona Republic used air quality records to estimate how much energy could be guzzled by data centers in Maricopa County ...

Part one of our Keep Calm and Count the Kilowatts series showed how AI prompts are only a small portion of a person's daily power use. Part two explored how AI’s power, water and carbon footprints ...

Many local communities are considering or putting in place moratoriums on data centers, as it becomes a campaign issue ahead ...