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Data centers: A view from the inside

The expansion of data centers to power the AI boom has more people wondering: what exactly is in a data center? - Concrete ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Opinion: Data center growth fuels clean power and job creation, too

The average U.S. household now has 21 different devices connected to the internet, enabling everything from computers and cell phones to smart lighting and appliances. Beyond personal uses, ...
NBC4 Columbus

A magnet for data centers, central Ohio attracts debate over investments

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Data centers are the center of debates across central Ohio as cities and townships weigh resource strains with financial benefits. Central Ohio is home to 120 of Ohio’s 188 ...
WLKY

Get the Facts: What are the pros and cons of data centers?

REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED THE PROJECT IN JUNE. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS ARE AND WHY THEY’RE SO CONTROVERSIAL. ADDIE MEINERS GOT SOME ANSWERS FROM AN EXPERT. ADDIE RICK, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow As the demand for A.I. increases, ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...
Nevada Appeal

TRIC data center says it’s reduced water usage to a relative trickle

Data centers are the new new thing in Northern Nevada, but developing these massing facilities in the high desert can strain Northern Nevada’s limited natural resources. Power consumption and load ...
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New data center in Lewis Center could join district allowing income tax collection

A $1 billion data center in Lewis Center could join the Orange Township joint economic development district (JEDD). Worthington City Council and Orange Township trustees are expected to vote in early ...
Phoenix New Times

Phoenix data center water use could jump 900% in 6 years, study says

Quietly but quickly, Phoenix has become one of the nation’s hotspots for a booming economic and technological phenomenon of late-stage capitalism: data centers – the boxy, sprawling farms of wire and ...
Technical

See where Starwood Digital Holdings is planning its Delaware data center — and where others are already running

Data centers have been a major topic of discussion in 2025, and for good reason. This summer, the conversation hit Delaware in a big way. As the reality of AI energy consumption ramps up, it has ...
The Texas Tribune

Data centers are thirsty for Texas’ water, but state planners don’t know how much they will need

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.