Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud ...

Big Tech blocked California data center legislation, leaving only a study requirement

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the ...
BizTech Magazine

Considering a Cloud Migration? Do This First

Before shifting away from on-premises data centers, small businesses should learn about costs and other considerations with ...
Technobezz on MSN

Google plans 2027 test launches for orbital AI data center project

Google's Project Suncatcher will begin test launches in 2027, marking the first concrete step toward orbital AI ...

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 ...
The Hill

Democrats press tech giants on data center energy use, rising electricity bills

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Ars Technica

Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that tech companies explain exactly how they plan to prevent data center projects from increasing electricity bills in communities where prices are already ...
MLive

At least 16 sites eyed for data centers in Michigan amid AI boom. Here’s where

Michigan may remember 2025 as the year of the data center. Developers have eyed at least 16 sites in 10 counties across the Lower Peninsula for the power-hungry server warehouses supporting artificial ...
The Shreveport Times

What is a data center? Here's what it does, why it matters

Data centers are facilities that house equipment to store, process and deliver large amounts of digital data. These centers power common online services like websites, cloud storage, streaming and ...
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The AI Boom Is Pushing Data Centers Past the Thermal Wall

The rapid deployment of high-performance computing and AI workloads is creating extreme thermal densities in data centers that conventional air-cooling systems can no longer efficiently manage. The ...
Space.com

Data centers in space: Will 2027 really be the year AI goes to orbit?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a ...
NBC4 Columbus

Report links data center to rare cancers, raising questions about central Ohioans’ safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report linked Amazon data centers to miscarriages and rare cancers, drawing concerns about data centers’ presence in central Ohio. According to a report from Rolling Stone, ...