As massive computer data centers continue to explode across South Carolina, a state senator with a history of bringing ...

For decades, the data center was a centralized place. As AI shifts to an everyday tool, that model is changing. We are moving ...

It’s a real power play. Gov. Hochul wants AI and other computer data centers that devour huge amounts of energy to pay more ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — An influx of proposals for massive, hyperscale data centers to power artificial intelligence and other computing technologies dominated the headlines in 2025. There are no signs ...

A Brunswick County town is making way for data centers within its jurisdiction.

Beware the coming artificial-intelligence boom, says Gov. Kathy Hochul: The new tech will spawn “massive data centers” poised ...

As Kansas City positions itself as a data center hub, it begs the question: what are the potential consequences?

We use data centers every day. So why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

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