Microsoft is proposing to build 15 new data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The proposed expansion would add approximately 8.7 million square feet to its operations in Racine County. These plans ...

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...

An Equinix data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Swollen with seemingly insatiable demand for computing power, the AI boom has birthed hundreds of unicorns out of thin air, minted dozens of billionaires ...

Voter anger over surging electricity prices is spreading across the country and across partisan lines as energy-guzzling data centers put increasing strain on the power grid and ratepayers' wallets.

Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity. By Ivan Penn and ...

Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local ...

At least 25 data center projects around the country were canceled last year due to opposition from the local communities, according to research from intelligence platform Heatmap Pro. The canceled ...

LIMERICK — The public got its first look at a 1.4-million-square-foot data center proposal for 192 acres across from the Philadelphia Outlets Thursday when it was unveiled to the township planning ...

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to a series of electricity deals to power data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. The agreements could end up totaling ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — More than a year after Meta shared plans for a potential 328-acre data center near the Amazon facility in Davenport, the land remains empty, and the tech company has not revealed any ...

As the surge in artificial intelligence and data centers continues across the state, Austin officials say the technology’s rapid expansion could drive up utility rates, overwhelm the power grid and ...