Small Towns Are Betting That the Data Center Boom Will Never End

What happens when data centers come to town? A whole lot, wanted or not. Tech firms are promising to pour trillions of dollars into building new data centers to continue powering the rapid growth of ...
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What are data centers and why do they matter?

(The Center Square) – Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities grow. These facilities house the servers that process ...
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Why do data centers need water?

TUCSON, Ariz. — If you live in or around Tucson, it's hard to avoid hearing about Project Blue. The large proposed data center would be built on 290 acres near the Pima County Fairgrounds. The company ...

AI data centers are sending your electric bills soaring. Here's what you can do about it.

Data centers are driving up consumers' electricity costs, but experts say energy conservation hacks won't lower bills much.
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...