Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to communities that host them is still in question.

(THE CONVERSATION) As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems ...

Drive in almost any direction from almost any American city, and soon enough you’ll arrive at a data center—a giant white box rising from graded earth, flanked by generators and fenced like a prison ...

Exxon is in advanced talks with power providers and tech companies to supply data centers with natural gas plants that use carbon capture technology, CEO Darren Woods said. Exxon aims to capture 90% ...

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...

Utah’s headlong rush to build data centers to power the AI boom is likely to rely upon fossil fuels for the foreseeable ...

Roughly 80% of the world’s data centers still rely on air cooling. Fixing a ‘half-degree’ error there can avoid around $805 ...

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...

Data centers have been a big topic over the past few years, especially in Indiana. There's been a push for more data centers in the Midwest, specifically AI data centers. We've seen several move ...