In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.

Building the infrastructure for generative AI like Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot could spark local fights for energy.

The state’s Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program this year distributed grants of up to $150,000, with a total of over $15 million to companies in 61 communities across the state.

Google will partner with University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University to launch an AI education accelerator.

Using less electricity as a response to high demand had been a nonstarter for big tech companies. That might be changing.

With data centers buying up electricity, residential customers are digging deep to make payments. “The challenge,” said a source, “is when the demand for the product increases really fast, the

Google quickly raised its stake in the company, while Google-backed Fluidstack said it will expand a data center campus.