AI data centers must be stopped, green groups tell Congress

Local pro-environment groups in all 50 states delivered a blunt message to the U.S. Congress: Put a moratorium on new ...
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, ...
Star Tribune

Counterpoint | Let facts, not fear, guide the data center debate

Across Minnesota, and here in greater Mankato, debate about data centers has intensified. These projects are sometimes portrayed as secretive or harmful, but when thoughtfully planned and regulated, ...
The New Yorker

Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid

Drive in almost any direction from almost any American city, and soon enough you’ll arrive at a data center—a giant white box rising from graded earth, flanked by generators and fenced like a prison ...
Louisville Public Media on MSN

The AI data center boom is coming for Kentucky. What will lawmakers do about it?

Kentucky lawmakers plan to address data centers in the upcoming session, as utilities seek more power generation to serve ...
USA Today

Data overload? Why some state officials are all in on resource-hungry data centers

The ginormous LED screen flashed as dignitaries celebrated inside a bare industrial warehouse serving as New Albany, Ohio's latest data center. "Water is for streams, not streaming," it beamed to ...
Business Insider

See where data centers are across the US on our interactive map

In June, Business Insider published an investigation into the data center industry. We wanted to dig into the pace of growth in light of the artificial intelligence boom, as well as the resources the ...