The year data centers went from backend to center stage

There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but ...
The Times-Tribune

Data centers as 2025 newsmaker of the year

Data centers dominated local news throughout 2025, ushering in an unprecedented onslaught of new development and packing ...
TruthoutOpinion

As Towns and Cities Fight Off Data Centers, Calls Grow for a National Moratorium

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) joined the call for a national moratorium earlier this month, which he repeated in an ...

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution ...
Futurism

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

In August, the founder of hedge fund Praetorian Capital Harris “Kuppy” Kupperman penned an essay on the absurd finances behind AI data centers. While the tech industry has likened data centers — or ...
NPR

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers its internet business. But the company needed to rezone ...
The New Yorker

Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid

Drive in almost any direction from almost any American city, and soon enough you’ll arrive at a data center—a giant white box rising from graded earth, flanked by generators and fenced like a prison ...
Yahoo

Do Data Centers Harm Or Help Your Property Value?

A large data center is shown next to several residential homes - Nathan Howard/Getty Images Data centers are becoming a hot topic. The sprawling, windowless buildings store and process everything from ...
The Hill

Cities starting to push back against data centers: Study

At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. Research collected by Data Center ...
Finance & Commerce

Microsoft plans $4B addition to Wisconsin data center

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — A tech giant’s footprint will expand in Racine County. Microsoft on Thursday announced it will build a $4 billion advanced artificial intelligence data center in Mount Pleasant ...
LAist

Data centers are putting new strain on California’s grid. A new report estimates the effects

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inforum

Data centers are sprouting across North Dakota. How many are there and where will the next ones be planted?

BISMARCK — The Hoover dam, 3.3 million horsepower or nearly 5 million solar panels — that's the amount of power generation a handful of hyperscale data centers in North Dakota will be guzzling within ...