This Map Tracks 4,000 AI Data Centers Being Built—and Reveals Where the Biggest Boom Is

The crowdsourced map, launched by environmental activist Erin Brockovich, shows construction across Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio ...

“We pissed off a lot of people”: Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests

One of the world’s biggest data center projects was designed to be nearly three times the size of Manhattan, stretching ...

The Movement to Stop Data Centers

What to know about the local backlash against the booming data center industry, the era of me-first energy and more climate news.
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Big data centers are raising alarm. Now residents are sweating the small ones, too.

A proposal to build a new data center in Inver Grove Heights, between South St. Paul’s airport and nearby residential areas, has neighbors nervous. The center would take up part of a 14-acre lot ...

Virginia Now Makes Data Centers Post $1.5 Million A Megawatt

Virginia’s GS-5 tariff makes large data centers post $1.5 million a megawatt in collateral. That number is a regulator ...

The Race to Rethink Data Centers for AI’s Power Surge

With energy demand already straining infrastructure, AI players are reimagining the data center from the ground up.
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The Coolest Big Data System And Platform Companies Of The 2026 Big Data 100

Big Data System and Platform Companies Of The 2026 Big Data 100 include AWS, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, IBM and ...
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'Big' data centers a no-go in Surry

Data centers have become a controversial issue around the region, including in Stokes County, which makes one think it's only a matter of time before Surry is targeted – but not to worry, local ...