1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1366+ words) DURHAM, N. C. Duke University plans to build a small data center at Central Campus, potentially the first of several similar-size projects, which has raised questions among some faculty about whether the energy- and water-intensive endeavors could derail the institution's climate commitments....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (804+ words) The latest example of burgeoning opposition to rapid data-center development in Pennsylvania came at a town hall meeting overflowing with frustration about how the state is managing the surge. As about 225 people watched, more than 20 speakers in the two-hour online…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1763+ words) ASHBURN, Va. Driving up the six-lane Route 28 in Loudoun County, Virginia, there's a dark blue one on the left. Further up the way in a small clearing of trees, there's a gray one on the right. Across the landscape, metal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (810+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Tax breaks for data centers in North Carolina keep as much as $57 million each year…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1684+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. As Texas confronts decades of water mismanagement and growing demands for electricity from data centers,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (710+ words) When the final gavel fell on Georgia's legislative session, Big Tech and Georgia Power had little reason to be disappointed. For years, tech companies have expanded their artificial intelligence ambitions in Georgia by building data centers that benefit from tax…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (288+ words) Legislation awaiting Gov. Ron De Santis" signature is aimed at ensuring hyper-scale data centers in Florida bear the full financial burden of powering their own facilities and that costs do not fall to average Floridians." "This is all really new…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1017+ words) For its first three decades, the data center industry was not used to the limelight, quietly building server closets in office basements and later the infrastructure to power credit cards, digital health records, social media and streaming services." But in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (811+ words) If approved by city officials in Palo, the move would free Google from the water-use and economic agreements that Linn County developed for unincorporated areas with input from the company's representatives. Though Palo is part of the county, the data…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1028+ words) Plans to build more than 50 data centers in Pennsylvania face opposition from a growing network of community groups, environmental activists and state lawmakers from both major parties. Driven by concerns about the industry's huge electricity demands, heavy water consumption, use…...