Big Tech's fast-expanding plans for data centers run into stiff community opposition

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

JLL: Global Data Center Capacity To Double By 2030 In $3T 'Supercycle'

A new report from JLL projects data center inventory will reach 200 gigawatts by the end of the decade as tech giants pour ...

Virginia Tech seeks to create research center to address data center issues

On Friday, WDBJ7 spoke with a Virginia Tech researcher to learn about a recent workshop the school conducted about the impact ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...

Data center surge reaches India as American tech giants invest billions

American tech giants like Microsoft are making big bets on data centers in India, which has been weighing laws that would ...
MLive

Residents raise concerns over data center proposal, as Michigan township considers 6-month pause

HOWELL TWP., MI — A Michigan community north of Ann Arbor is mobilizing around a proposed plan for a $1 billion data center campus to power artificial intelligence and other emerging computing ...
WKAR

Your guide to Michigan’s data center boom — and the growing backlash

Data centers are sparking controversy in communities across Michigan. This photo was taken on a street in Ypsilanti Township. Data centers are making headlines across the country and Michigan is no ...
WLKY

Get the Facts: What are the pros and cons of data centers?

REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED THE PROJECT IN JUNE. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS ARE AND WHY THEY’RE SO CONTROVERSIAL. ADDIE MEINERS GOT SOME ANSWERS FROM AN EXPERT. ADDIE RICK, ...
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Wisconsin data center energy demands, costs, capacity form puzzle

(The Center Square) – Increased energy use from artificial intelligence data centers in Wisconsin will have a cost. But the question is whether those costs will reach the residential utility payers on ...
Los Angeles Times

Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José’s energy use. Who foots the bill?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the ...
MinnPost

When done right, data centers can be community assets

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. During the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a nearby data center supplied waste ...

Big Tech blocks California data center rules, leaving only a study requirement

A new law orders regulators to study the cost impacts of fast-growing, energy-hungry AI data centers. Lawmakers are expected ...