Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

President Trump appeared to scoop his own agency experts on Thursday night, posting new employment data hours before the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs report. The president took ...

Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that tech companies explain exactly how they plan to prevent data center projects from increasing electricity bills in communities where prices are already ...

Electric bills in the Chicago area could go up as much as $70 in the next three years because of data centers, according to the Citizens Utility Board. The nonprofit utility watchdog is calling on ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

A group of more than 250 environmental organizations is asking Congress to stop building new energy-hungry data centers. In a letter to Congress, environmental organizations, including Greenpeace USA ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is encouraging the Michigan Public Service Commission to give swift approval for the DTE Energy Co.-backed hyperscale data center proposed for Saline Township. The company has ...

This story has been updated. Township officials have clarified one aspect of the story. YORK TWP., MI — A real estate brokerage is eyeing more than 400 acres in a rural community south of Ann Arbor to ...

DeMond Chambliss used to run himself ragged with the small contracting business he owned in Columbus, Ohio: hanging drywall, chasing clients for payments and managing half a dozen employees. Since ...