Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud ...

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial ...
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Big Tech blocked California data center legislation, leaving only a study requirement

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the issue ...
Seattle Times

Data centers: Think outside the box for cooling

Reading about the farmers facing water challenges due to drought in Yakima Valley (“How WA’s drought strains the Yakima Valley,” Nov. 16, Climate Lab), I was then struck by the article “Gen Z can’t ...
NBC Washington

Prince George's County holds last community meeting for feedback on data centers

Hundreds showed up at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland to voice their opinions about the future of data centers in the county. The county's qualified data center ...
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Power, water, and progress: Sorting fact from fiction in data centers

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The irony is striking: You're running a data center with ...