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 ...

(WXYZ) — A few years ago, massive data centers — the kind fueling artificial intelligence and streaming services — felt like something happening in other parts ...

As data centers hurtle to the forefront of the national debate over artificial intelligence (AI) and energy costs, northern ...

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 ...

Elon Musk, CEO of xAI and Tesla, announced a massive new data center project in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s continues his formal visit to the United States on ...

Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards. On a March afternoon in Mason County, Kentucky, Dr. Timothy ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a surge of data center construction across the United States, and rural communities are feeling the impact. Reading time 4 minutes Elena Schlossberg and ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...

The SF Fed engages with businesses and communities across the region to gather real-time information on local economic conditions. These insights provide important context to quantitative data and ...

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI. Tech giants have been ...