4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (509+ words) HERMANTOWN — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said it was concerned over the city's environmental review of Google’s proposed data center. In an Aug. 25 letter from DNR Ecological and Water Resources Division Director Melissa Kuskie to Hermantown Community Development Director…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (682+ words) Facebook Marketplace has created an entirely new form of suburban marriage: the wife buys an item, and the husband gets deployed to retrieve it — possibly putting his life on the line. Apparently, husbands are now functioning as Facebook Marketplace stunt…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (154+ words) Now retired, I worked in the electrical field 30 for years, and I am 100% for data centers in and around Duluth. As of now, there are at least two data centers operating in Duluth. Has anyone been bothered by the “noise?...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (414+ words) The cacophony surrounding data centers moving in — practically everywhere, it seems, especially in rural areas — has grown almost as loud as the hum some residents complain is coming from their industrial neighbors. Some opposition to data centers is NIMBYism, but…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (420+ words) Debates over data centers are raging from coast to coast, with one axiom: Secrecy and behind-the-scenes political pressure around data center public policy decisions are surefire ways to lose whatever public support the growing industry has. Then, in a remarkable…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (672+ words) CARLTON — Applause erupted at the Carlton County Transportation Building Tuesday as the Carlton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on the construction of data centers within the county. “The purpose of the pause is to protect the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (147+ words) As data centers face rising costs, strained resources, and growing political opposition, a number of entrepreneurs — namely Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt — have raised the possibility of processing and storing data aboard satellites in low-Earth orbit, using large…...