Many consumers—and state policymakers and even utility companies—are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power prices.

At the start of 2025, Stafford County’s economic development director, Liz Barber, predicted that data centers could go from zero to “a lot” within three years’ time. One year later, the county is ...

A data center proposal in Smithfield and set of bills in the General Assembly have brought the charged national debate over ...

Driven by cloud computing, AI, digitalization, and onshoring of advanced manufacturing, demand for data center capacity has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. In what has been termed an “infrastructure Investment ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission sent the developing data center ...

NiSource Inc. NI benefits from rising demand from data centers, implementation of new rates and a clean energy initiative that will reduce the cost of operations by focusing on new and advanced assets ...