AI data centers that devour huge amounts of energy will be required to pay more for electricity to prevent sticker shock on ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard.

Every press conference and X video treating data centers as the boogeyman distracts from the far more complicated, but ...

Space is cold and has abundant solar energy — the very things data centers need. Experts tell us it’s not that simple.

Giant AI data centers are causing some serious and growing problems – electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in ...

There has been plenty of discussion around data centers lately, especially with the possibility of one coming to Sioux Falls.

Micron makes hardware components that are critical for AI data centers, and demand is exceeding supply, yet its stock is one ...

Big Tech has come to town. Billion-dollar companies are in a race to build “hyperscale” data centers to fuel their push to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The rural ...

Super Micro Computer sank in December, along with other skittishness in the AI datacenter market. The company has strong ...

We use data centers every day. So why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

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