A proposed 720-acre data center near Foxborough has divided the community. Residents say they're concerned how the ...

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated.

AI is scaling faster than local codes. Climate Mayors’ new resource aims to help cities navigate hyperscaler expansion and ...

SCRANTON — Pennsylvania’s General Assembly should consider legislation explicitly authorizing counties to impose an impact fee on artificial intelligence data centers, Lackawanna County Commissioner ...

Computer data center by MikeMareen via iStock for WMNF News. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly popular, so does the demand to build data centers. A new report from an environmental group ...

LOWELL — State Rep. Rodney Elliott filed legislation aimed at ensuring that residential electricity customers are not forced to shoulder higher costs due to the rapid growth of large data centers in ...

BOTETOURT CO., Va. – As Google prepares to build a data center in Botetourt County, a local expert who grew up in the area is working to ease community concerns about the facility’s impact. Eric ...

State Sen. Rosemary Brown joins state Reps. Kyle Mullins and Kyle Donahue in backing legislation intended to place guardrails and enforce transparency on the data center industry.

Boards and C-suites are adopting new governance practices to address energy constraints and operating and cyber risks to ...

AI is causing the rapid construction and usage of data centers around the world—potentially imperiling climate goals.