New York wants economic development. Data centers bring investment, jobs, and technological leadership. But sustainable ...

AI’s projected water demand will create major problems not just for the average American, but for the industry itself.

As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has sent letters to Big Tech executives, urging them to pay for their own local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY, New York — Key Democratic state lawmakers alarmed by the surge in demand for power by the tech industry want to pull the ...

Urbana city council passed a 12-month moratorium on new data centers by a vote of 6-1 on Tuesday to give the city time to ...

Green groups are calling on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to set a three-year statewide ban on data centers used to power artificial intelligence computer systems.

Grand Island utilities director says a new data center deal could help lower electricity costs for all customers.

Data centers have become America's hottest NIMBY issue, with everyone from Bernie Sanders to Ron DeSantis is turning against ...

Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.

"The explosive growth of data centers is one of the biggest affordability and environmental threats of our generation." ...

The White House has floated a new plan to try to ease voter concerns over the A.I. boom’s effect on electric bills. But it won’t be easy to put into practice.