Politicians, energy providers, Big Tech and climate activists are talking about data centers. Here’s what to know.

It’s a digital gold rush as data center development sweeps through small-town America. As demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital storage surges, developers are racing to ...

Data centers are transforming Texas land use, raising costs for residential developers and straining local resources. Lawmakers are considering policy changes amid declining housing affordability. AI ...

Streaming shows, storing photos in the cloud and using social media — all of these require data centers. Why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them? Some ...

The nearly 600 acres of land off Michigan Avenue in Saline Township, where Related Digital wants to build a massive data center, is still just vacant land in a fairly rural community close to Ann ...

Alec Willis moved to Monrovia, Indiana, weeks before learning he would soon have a new neighbor: a 390-acre Google data center campus that will require twice the electricity of all Indianapolis ...

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 ...

The facilities are hitting an inflection point in Arizona. In some areas, they are met with grassroots resistance. In others, ...