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Helena Volzer is the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Columbus, Ohio-based Senior Source Water Policy Manager. The Alliance is a nonpartisan nonprofit working across the region to protect our most ...

CHICAGO, IL — Great Lakes states should swiftly adopt new policies to protect freshwater resources from overuse by data centers, a new nonprofit report concludes. Within five years, huge data centers ...

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MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...

Motorists on Route 462 travel across Veterans Memorial Bridge, over the Susquehanna River, between Columbia and Wrightsville, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. The Wrights Ferry Bridge, background right, ...

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Outside Reno, Nev., a massive data center campus is being built to support artificial intelligence. The center sits in the nation's driest state and will need billions of gallons of water to operate.

This May, STaX Capital Partners applied for a permit to install turbines fueled by methane from oil wells on Alaska’s North Slope. The temporary facilities would serve as a proof of concept for a much ...

A new data center in Abilene has raised local concerns about water and electricity usage. The Abilene campus is projected to have the capacity to power hundreds of thousands of homes. OpenAI CEO Sam ...