Legislation advanced through committees Thursday would make data centers and other power-hungry projects pay for ...

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 bill, called the POWER Act, establishes comprehensive environmental, water and energy regulations for “hyperscale” data ...

Electricity consumption is surging in the U.S., driven by data centers. This trend is leading to higher utility bills, prompting Oklahoma lawmakers to act.

Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has become the latest tech company to promise to cover consumer electricity price ...

As Big Tech has surged ahead with a mass data center build-out, state congressional leaders have begun introducing bills that would pause developments in their states.

The Arizona Republic used air quality records to estimate how much energy could be guzzled by data centers in Maricopa County ...

For years, many states competed aggressively to land data centers, sprawling campuses full of the computer servers that store and transmit the data behind apps and websites. But many officials are now ...

A draft pact, obtained by POLITICO, seeks to help ensure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water resources or undermine grid reliability.

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday announced initiatives to limit the impact of data ...

Microsoft indicated on Tuesday that it plans to pay more for electricity used to fuel artificial intelligence data centers so that residents don't have to bear the brunt of the costs. Brad Smith, vice ...

We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among ...