Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...

Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. is a senior science reporter ...

Are energy-hungry data centers causing electric bills to go up? Utilities across the country are investing in upgrades, and the cost is often passed on to consumers. In some places, utilities are ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

Although the Valley View School District has no control over proposed data centers within its borders, school administrators hope to capitalize on host agreements and tax revenue from the rapidly ...

BENGALURU, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), opens new tab plans to set up a 1-gigawatt AI data center in India's Andhra Pradesh, the state's chief minister said on Friday, adding to ...

AT&T users impacted by data breaches could be entitled to up to $7,500 after a major class action settlement. The $177 million settlement stems from two lawsuits which alleged that AT&T failed to ...

On Election Day, Peter Hubbard was one of two Democratic candidates who took a decisive—and surprising—victory in Georgia. Hubbard was elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission, the body that ...

As artificial intelligence drives the need for vastly more computing storage and processing power, interest in space-based data centers has spiked. Although several startup companies, such as ...

Only in America are electricity regulators elected by popular vote. Ten states do so, and, unsurprisingly, the campaigns usually win little attention. The upcoming election for two seats on Georgia’s ...

Utility regulators consider guardrails for the facilities in the FPL rate case. An Amazon data center is visible in Boardman, Oregon, behind a row of power lines. Florida utility regulators are ...