BROOKINGS, S.D. — Hyperscale data centers moving to upper Midwest communities is a growing concern for many rural residents. Across the region, such data centers already are in operation, are under ...

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...

Data center proposals across the country are stoking wide-ranging questions and concerns tied to their consumption of electric power.

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

A proposed Google data center in Michigan is notable for its use of renewable energy and its ability to ramp down power use during periods of high demand. The plan, announced last week, is a ...

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) announced Feb. 23 that Amazon selected the state for $12 billion data center campuses in Caddo and Bossier Parish. LED announced Dec. 17, 2025, that West Feliciana ...

Officials who operate the Texas grid issued a forecast this week predicting that the state’s electricity demand could more than quadruple by 2032 to a whopping 368 gigawatts — mostly because of new ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. energy demand was fairly predictable: It was driven by steady population increases and economic growth. According to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, ...