FORT MEADE, Fla. — A proposed data center is moving forward after Fort Meade commissioners unanimously approved a development agreement with developers on Tuesday night. The project, which was ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The rapid buildout of AI-driven data centers across the U.S. is ...

Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill to subject data centers to increased regulation in Florida. SB 484, introduced by Republican state Senator Bryan Avila, lays out detailed requirements for ...

There's a growing backlash against the construction of local data centers, which consume massive amounts of electricity for compute and water for cooling in order to power artificial intelligence.

The explosion of proposed data centers across Illinois has sparked a fierce, bipartisan backlash and even legislation to curb the long-lasting effects on people’s air quality, water quality, and ...

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Across New York, the owners of vacant industrial properties are turning to data centers. An old gun factory in the Mohawk Valley. A dormant industrial park in Genesee County. A vacant aluminum plant ...

An illustration of a Starcloud orbital data center, designed to power artificial intelligence workloads in space. Credit: Starcloud The orbital data center boom is promising opportunities well beyond ...

Could AI be hooked directly to your house? Premier tech company, Nvidia, is teaming up with a start-up to put artificial intelligence data centers into personal homes and businesses. California-based ...

For years, pundits have lamented that America no longer builds things. Bridges and roads take decades to complete, and housing construction in many places has slowed to a crawl. Governments at all ...