Streaming shows, storing photos in the cloud and using social media — all of these require data centers. Why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them? Some ...

Perry Township Administrator Gerrie Cotter confirmed that the Faircrest Street SW site across from the Metallus steel plant is expected to be a data center. There is excavating equipment and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service has released a multi-year report on data centers in the Great Lakes region, examining the economic and energy ...

AI is inspiring organizations to rethink a fundamental IT concept: the data center. For decades, the data center was a centralized place. It was a handful of large, secure facilities where ...

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 ...

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...