A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ ...

If you’re worried about data centers and AI inflating your electricity bill, you’re not alone. A California watchdog released a report Tuesday urging policymakers to act fast on the state’s ...

Data center developer HMC StratCap has threatened to sue the city over their stalled project.

The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and ...

Developers are descending on a rural desert community along California’s Mexican border, trying to build over $15 billion worth of data centers to power Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom.

Siting data centers at strategic points of congestion along the power grid can harness unused solar power and avoid pollution usually associated with AI computation. A new report, commissioned by Next ...

With thoughtful planning, California can gain new data centers in ways that benefit ratepayers, improve grid reliability and minimize environmental harms.

The six-hour meeting was full of good news for data centers' ardent opponents.

The Monterey Park council will take up whether to extend a moratorium on a proposed data center in town. Developers say the ...

Community opposition is increasingly delaying or blocking major data center projects, signaling a shift in which local politics and resource concerns are beginning to shape ...

In the United States, electricity has become markedly more expensive in recent years. According to the U.S. Energy ...

State Sen. Jerry McNerney’s bill would create a surcharge on large data centers in the state. California state Sen. Jerry McNerney introduced a bill Wednesday that would impose a surcharge on some ...