An AI Data Center Is Coming for Your Backyard. Here’s What That Means for You

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a surge of data center construction across the United States, and rural ...

Microsoft Claims It Will Double Its Data Center Footprint in Two Years

Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, told investors that the company plans to double its data center footprint over the next two ...

OpenAI is asking for the federal government to help power a massive expansion of its data center network

In a letter to a White House official, OpenAI said its plans would require electricity and one-fifth of the nation's existing ...

The Building at the Center of the Economy

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed ...
DatacenterDynamics

1,000-acre data center campus planned outside Detroit, Michigan, set to be blocked

A local planning commission has recommended denying a large-scale data center proposal outside Detroit, Michigan. Local press, including WHMI and Livingstone Daily, report Stantec Consulting Michigan ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Port Washington's $8 billion AI data center sees swell of pushback. It may come too late

An $8 billion artificial intelligence data center project in Port Washington, Wisconsin, is facing strong public opposition. Critics are concerned about the project's massive energy consumption, ...