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Meta is building out data centers inside weatherproof tents to speed up construction. Credit: Ömer Sercan Karku/Anadolu via Getty Images Meta can't build AI data centers fast enough, so the company ...

Ohio, one of the nation's data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and ...

Tech companies could be raking in more than $1 million a pop from every American’s online data over the years — with AI firms specifically reaping potentially millions more, according to a shocking ...

RAPIDES PARISH, La. — Louisiana officials unveiled plans to build another multi-billion-dollar AI data center in the state, as concerns mount over the technology's financial and environmental impact ...

Erin Brockovich is taking on the AI industry with a new website that tracks AI data centers. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has set her sights on a new ...

As the AI boom accelerates, governments and utilities are struggling to keep pace with the industry's huge energy demands. New figures suggest data centers now consume about 6 percent of electricity ...

May 20 (Reuters) - (This May 20 story has been corrected to say that the company intends to confidentially file for an IPO, not that it has already filed, in the headline and in paragraph 1) Power ...

Artificial intelligence has become a fact of life in the U.S., with people increasingly using it at work, school and home. Growing demand for this transformative technology means more data centers ...

North Carolina lawmakers are floating a proposal that would require large data centers to cover electricity and infrastructure costs associated with building and operating them, while also tightening ...

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 ...

A recent Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans oppose data centers, which require extensive amounts of electricity and water to operate, and negatively affect local communities. Omar Gallaga ...