Microsoft Corp. today announced an initiative to prevent its data centers from harming the areas where they’re built. Brad Smith, the tech giant’s vice chair and president, detailed the program in a ...

WASHINGTON—Microsoft promised to pay higher utility bills for all of its U.S. data centers powering artificial-intelligence models, a pledge that drew praise from President Trump and is designed to ...

Microsoft and Meta’s latest earnings calls offered a concentrated look at the AI data center buildout, revealing how hyperscalers are scaling infrastructure amid soaring ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a series of commitments intended to assuage a growing backlash to the data center building boom. The company held up Quincy — where it has been building data centers ...

It was only a few years ago when data centers garnered little public attention outside of techies and industry insiders. But now in Georgia and across much of the country, protest signs against ...

It won’t be easy for Big Tech companies to win the hearts and minds of Americans who are angered about massive artificial intelligence data centers sprouting up in their neighborhoods, straining ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Gaines Township Planning Commission has again postponed a meeting to consider the rezoning of a Microsoft-owned property for data center development. The public hearing ...

Microsoft is addressing community concerns about data centers by promising more transparency and responsible development. The company is urging Wisconsin lawmakers to pass legislation that would ...

KENT COUNTY — The Lowell Township Board did not intend to discuss the controversial $1 billion Microsoft data center project on Monday, but hundreds of residents wouldn’t stay silent on the subject.