From AI to cloud computing, data centers power today's digital world. Learn about their function and why companies are racing ...

Investors have poured over $40 billion into startups with innovative ideas.

Virginia's biggest planned data center project collapsed after years of lawsuits, signaling growing resistance.

Criticism around data centres is steadily growing as consumers become increasingly aware of their heavy power demand and water use. The industry has been lightly regulated to date, and transparency ...

In April, environmental activist Erin Brockovich launched a website for Americans to report issues with data centers in their communities.

Beijing is pouring nearly $300 billion into new computing hubs, including on the Mongolian steppe and beneath the sea.

If you drive through West Texas toward Fort Stockton, you’ll see a plot of land where Pacifico Energy wants to build a massive private power plant. The goal is to provide energy to AI data centers.

Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cryptocurrency, data centers ...

Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...

Companies are increasing their data center spending so fast, it's difficult to keep up with current estimates. In fact, ...

AI-driven data center growth is fueling a major increase in electricity demand, with many new facilities expected to rely on gas-fired power generation. Tech companies continue to expand renewable ...