In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard.

Micron makes hardware components that are critical for AI data centers, and demand is exceeding supply, yet its stock is one ...

Space is cold and has abundant solar energy — the very things data centers need. Experts tell us it’s not that simple.

Giant AI data centers are causing some serious and growing problems – electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in ...

Every press conference and X video treating data centers as the boogeyman distracts from the far more complicated, but ...

There has been plenty of discussion around data centers lately, especially with the possibility of one coming to Sioux Falls.

We use data centers every day. So why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

Big Tech has come to town. Billion-dollar companies are in a race to build “hyperscale” data centers to fuel their push to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The rural ...

Data centers seem to be popping up everywhere, with big tech companies proposing to build them on farmland, old golf courses, downtowns and industrial parks. Many of the proposed developments are huge ...

For nearly as long as modern computing has been around, so have the boxy, unassuming data centers that host servers and networking equipment. But the vast capacity needed for the artificial ...

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