NERC’s May 4 Level 3 Alert signals that AI campuses, hyperscale data centers, and other large computational loads are now ...

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The rapid buildout of AI-driven data centers across the U.S. is ...

Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill to subject data centers to increased regulation in Florida. SB 484, introduced by Republican state Senator Bryan Avila, lays out detailed requirements for ...

There's a growing backlash against the construction of local data centers, which consume massive amounts of electricity for compute and water for cooling in order to power artificial intelligence.

Public opposition to data centers is hardening as overwhelming majorities of Americans now oppose construction of the facilities in their communities, according to a newly released Gallup survey. The ...

Nobody wants this in their backyard – yet for many Americans in rural communities, there isn’t much of a choice. In Utah, the Box Elder County Commission recently voted unanimously to go through with ...

The explosion of proposed data centers across Illinois has sparked a fierce, bipartisan backlash and even legislation to curb the long-lasting effects on people’s air quality, water quality, and ...

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There’s growing community resistance against a hyperscale data center project in the village of Grayslake — what could be the largest single development in Lake County’s history — but with work ...

Across New York, the owners of vacant industrial properties are turning to data centers. An old gun factory in the Mohawk Valley. A dormant industrial park in Genesee County. A vacant aluminum plant ...