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(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 ...

Data center investment could hit nearly $1.6 trillion by 2030 under forecasts by research firm Omdia, with demand for AI compute capacity continuing to grow, despite lagging AI adoption and the ...

Data centers continue to pop-up around Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Industry experts and environmental advocates ...

Oklahoma towns face a wave of opposition as residents push back against new data center projects. Here's a look behind ...

Energy and water intensive AI projects are draining communities. The revolt is just getting started ...

A proposed Kansas data center claims it will use less water than current farming, but skeptical locals remain wary.

Data centers are the backbone of the internet and are used to power AI models, but they can be resource-intensive and may ...

A petition calling for a ban on data centers is circulating in Colorado Springs amid community concerns about resource consumption, even as city leaders indicate no current ...

On Tuesday evening, the City of Little Rock Board of Directors unanimously voted to pass a proposed data center ordinance, ...