There's a growing backlash against the construction of local data centers, which consume massive amounts of electricity for compute and water for cooling in order to power artificial intelligence.

Americans are so against the construction of artificial intelligence data centers in their local areas that they'd rather see a nuclear power plant built nearby, according to new polling data released ...

State and local governments are under real pressure to move from experimentation to execution for artificial intelligence. Constituents expect faster services, more transparency and digital ...

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BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — Just how big is the 40,000-acre data center proposed for the Hansel Valley and approved by the Box Elder County Commission? To understand, it helps to compare it to things you ...

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jesse Brooks, a 35-year-old videographer who lives in Fayetteville, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. It has been edited for length and clarity. The ...

The site where Google has proposed building a 545-acre data center sits just north of Palo next to acres of solar panels and the Duane Arnold Energy Center. Residents wonder why Palo has suddenly ...

Measures seeking to block or rein in data center construction are gaining momentum at the state and local level, as Americans increasingly sour on the massive buildout of AI infrastructure in their ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to accurately describe a January resolution regarding data centers rejected by the Indianapolis City-County Council and to clarify when new data ...

New Hampshire-based information management company Iron Mountain is bringing a 150,000 square-foot data center to the Westview neighborhood. The AI-powered facility is expected to bring 30 jobs to the ...

A data center is planned to occupy a vacant commercial building in Monterey Park, Calif., near homes and businesses and not far from downtown Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ...