Data centers popping up all over Illinois are sucking up millions of gallons of water a day, at a pace that the state can't keep up with. With the Chicago area situated next to the massive Lake ...

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic will study use of orbital data centers being developed by SpaceX. The two companies announced agreements May 6 giving Anthropic, developer of a ...

The boom in data center construction is taking up much of the supply of high-tech components, especially processor and memory chips. This demand is squeezing consumer device makers, which are having ...

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. As ...

There are two global problems you probably don't like to think about. First, burning gas and coal is still heating up the planet. Second, the thousands of AI data centers popping up all over the ...

You’ve likely already felt the digital sting of “surveillance pricing.” It might look like an airline advertising a specific fare bundle because a customer’s loyalty-program data suggests they’re ...

Algorithms are increasingly using personal data to determine the minimum pay a worker is willing to accept, consumer watchdogs say. You've likely already felt the digital sting of "surveillance ...

Your mobile plan has a set amount of roaming data you can use before it begins to cost you extra money. Depending on your phone's plan, you don't have to keep track of it too much (unless you're ...

Data centers are being built at a frantic pace all over the world, driven by the AI boom. These facilities consume staggering amounts of electricity. By 2028, AI servers alone may use as much energy ...

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...