Several dozen Wisconsin residents and climate advocates protested the development of artificial intelligence data centers across seven cities Dec. 1 and 2. Protesters demanded local and state ...

Wisconsin lawmakers plan to discuss the role of large-scale data centers and their impact on high energy costs. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos believes factors beyond data centers, like aging grids and ...

O data, where art thou? Apparently, in the wrong place. The large majority of AI data centers have been constructed in locations that are not ideal for efficiency or environmental protection. And ...

Electricity prices in the U.S. are rising sharply, but the burden of rising bills isn’t evenly distributed. A Yale Climate Connections analysis of electricity prices has found that data centers and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Big Tech’s aggressive expansion of data centers for AI is hitting a wall as communities organize campaigns ...

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Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly being voted down SPRING CITY, Pa. -- Tech ...

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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AI data centers are using up to 2 million liters of water per day in the U.S., putting pressure on local supplies. Over 160 new centers have opened since 2022 in already water-stressed states, with ...

Data center construction is increasingly becoming a political issue, with locals organizing against major tech companies like Meta, Amazon and Google, which are spending billions in a push to create ...

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit. Credit...Soña Lee Supported by By Eli Tan and Ryan Mac ...