AI boom drives data-center dealmaking to record high, says report

Global data-center dealmaking surged to a record high through November this year, driven by an insatiable demand for ...

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. If there’s one thing Republicans and ...

Ohio elected officials rolled out the red carpet for data centers, and we’re paying for it in spiking electric bills: Today in Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohioans’ electric bills are about to jump again, thanks to unprecedented demand from data centers. For the ...

80% of the world's data centres have been built in places either too hot or too cold for the hardware inside

According to a report from Rest of World, the optimal temperature range for a data centre lies between 18 °C and 27 °C (or 64.4 °F and 80.6 °F). However, of the 8,808 data cen ...

Is this Navajo community a site for a data center? Locals are worried

A series of flyers and community meetings convinced some residents of Leupp that a data center was coming. They're now on ...
CNET

The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows

Electricity bills are rising around the US, but they're rising even more sharply in areas located near data centers, according to an investigation into power costs by Bloomberg. The price of wholesale ...
The New York Times

‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills

Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026? Democrats zeroed in on utilities and ...
Finance & Commerce

$12B data center campus proposed in Wisconsin

DEFOREST, Wis. — Another proposed data center in Wisconsin is in the works. Virginia-based QTS Data Centers on Tuesday announced it will partner with the Building Trades Council of South Central ...
The Verge

Amazon is investing billions in data centers for the feds.

The infrastructure buildout will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity for AI and cost up to $50 billion, the company said. US government customers will have access to both AWS Trainium AI chips and ...
YDR

Here's where data centers have been proposed or discussed in York County - & their status

Multiple townships in York County are creating or updating zoning ordinances to manage the growing interest in data center development. Residents across the county have consistently raised concerns ...
Orlando Sentinel

Judge pushes for resolution in lawsuit over legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

ORLANDO — A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz are getting adequate ...
WKAR

BWL scratches controversial resolution dealing with data centers

Commissioners on the Lansing Board of Water and Light are backtracking on a resolution that would have changed how the utility manages contract rates with data centers. The resolution was supposed to ...