Some leases and other contracts for priority access to electricity needed for new technologies may require 15-year ...

An emerging sector in the technology field revolves around data centers. You may have heard of them, and how some say these centers are a mixed bag, with employment being a positive, but impacts on ...

WESTBROOK, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills said Friday that she hasn’t decided whether to sign a bill passed by the Legislature to impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers, outlining her critique of ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Leaders in Northern Colorado have approved an ordinance that would allow data centers in parts of unincorporated Weld County. Weld County commissioners approved the ordinance ...

Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. Archbald is a little corner of northeastern Pennsylvania where coal used to be big ...

By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had already changed its zoning ordinance to allow data centers and cryptomining facilities to be built in ...

The Tar River flows peacefully on an early spring afternoon. Katey Zimmerman sits on a wooden dock meant for kayak and canoe launches. As she gazes out over the river, the water reflects in her ...

Virginia is being kicked off its technology pedestal after long holding the distinction of being the most data center-intensive state in the country. Old Dominion still leads with 320 centers in ...

The Fort Worth Zoning Commission at its meeting on April 8 unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council approve a request from Black Mountain — a Fort Worth-based energy consortium looking to ...

A Wisconsin city passed a referendum Tuesday targeting data center construction, requiring future large-scale projects that receive tax benefits to secure approval from local voters. Port Washington, ...

Rhett Bennett of Black Mountain speaks in support of proposed rezoning of 119 acres for development for light industrial use and a data center during a Fort Worth City Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept ...