The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Utilities across the country are bracing for a dramatic rise in electricity demand over the next several years — and experts warn that the rapid expansion of data centers, ...

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AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...

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There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the internet, server farms have rarely been a point of ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are pushing back againt the AI industry from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Rising electricity costs and risks to grid stability ...

There are significant costs to technological innovation. One notable cost, which has been making the rounds in 2025, is the high energy demands of the data centers powering the AI revolution. But, ...

Network solutions company Avacon Connect and energy service provider enviaM Group have opened a data center in Germany’s ...

Virginia’s largest teachers' union is backing a proposal in the Senate-passed budget that would eliminate a sales tax exemption data centers currently receive on certain equipment and software they ...

Virginia data centers may soon have to pay up.