Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...
John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...
Joliet is one step closer to hosting what could become Illinois’ largest data center campus — even as residents packed a public hearing to oppose it. The project would span 24 buildings built across ...
OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
I’ve been thinking about color a lot lately—what shade of lip liner accentuates my lips, what paint color would look best on the walls of my new apartment, which heel matches my favorite dress. Up ...
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
GRANGER, Ind. (WNDU) - A public panel discussion will address concerns about a proposed Microsoft data center in Granger, according to a news release. Local professor and expert Jan Cervelli announced ...
Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...
File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...
The Wisconsin Policy Forum will host a panel discussion Tuesday about the location of new data centers in Wisconsin. Microsoft is planning to build 15 additional data centers in Racine County. The ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed an artificial intelligence “bill of rights” that includes environmental and utility customer protections from data centers. But Senate leadership appears to be backing a ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek names panel to study data centers’ impact: ‘We must have frank conversations’
Data centers are proliferating across Oregon, consuming a growing share of the state’s energy, water and industrial land. Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she’s convening a workgroup to take a step back ...
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