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 ...

Voters in one Los Angeles suburb just overwhelmingly rejected the development of data centers in their area—for good. In the latest sign that Americans are souring on artificial intelligence, in a ...

Voters in a city near Los Angeles appear to be the first in the nation to approve an all-out ban on data centers. About 86 percent of voters in Monterey Park, Calif., voted in favor of the measure in ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

Twenty-six years ago — during the dim, dark past of the internet, when most households ventured online with dial-up modems – New York state enacted a sales tax exemption for “internet data centers.” ...

SALINE TWP., MI — High-profile leaders of Big Tech firms behind the massive and controversial 2.2-million-square-foot hyperscale data center under construction in Saline Township gathered at the site ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new law in Tennessee is preventing local governments and utility providers from paying for infrastructure improvements for data centers or raising costs for customers ...

House Republicans have proposed a slate of rules governing development of data centers that use at least 100 megawatts of power in an effort they say is intended to protect electricity users from ...

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Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...

A hot potato: It's no secret that people don't want data centers built near their homes, but the sheer magnitude of these feelings has been revealed in a survey. Seven out of ten Americans say they ...

A new Gallup poll finds 71% of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their local communities, with nearly half strongly opposed. Environmental concerns — especially water and electricity ...