A group including BlackRock, Nvidia and Microsoft is buying Aligned Data Centers in an approximately $40 billion deal in an effort to expand next-generation cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

And that computing power has a big environmental footprint. A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, and the largest under development will consume 20 times more, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). They also suck up billions of gallons of water for systems to keep all that computer hardware cool.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership for a data center built on a sprawling ranch in West Texas.

Poolside, an AI coding startup that only launched its first product a year ago, is partnering with CoreWeave Inc. to develop what would be one of the largest data centers in the US, the latest sign of an investment frenzy in infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

The $8 billion project is a first for Vantage Data Centers in Wisconsin. Company President Dana Adams says the project is good for their needs.

From Oldham County to Meade County to right here in the Louisville Metro, data centers are not going away, and neither is the long list of concerns people have over them.

A massive industrial site in the West Hills could soon become home to a future data center. The property in question is the Rock Point Industrial site along Nichol Avenue in Stowe Township, a parcel of land with strategic location advantages: it's near the river, railways, highways, and within reach of Pittsburgh.

The $40 billion bet on Aligned highlights the demand for AI-ready infrastructure—and Wall Street’s determination to cash in.