Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Vos sees focus on data centers as part of broader look at energy costs

Wisconsin lawmakers plan to discuss the role of large-scale data centers and their impact on high energy costs. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos believes factors beyond data centers, like aging grids and ...
THE WEEK

Most data centers are being built in the wrong climate

O data, where art thou? Apparently, in the wrong place. The large majority of AI data centers have been constructed in locations that are not ideal for efficiency or environmental protection. And ...
Austin American-Statesman

Austin braces for AI-driven data center boom that could strain grid, raise rates

As the surge in artificial intelligence and data centers continues across the state, Austin officials say the technology’s rapid expansion could drive up utility rates, overwhelm the power grid and ...
The New York Times

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit. Credit...Soña Lee Supported by By Eli Tan and Ryan Mac ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fight Over Making Data Centers Power Down to Avoid Blackouts

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...
Commercial Observer

Data Centers Continue to Vacuum Up the Investment Dollars — Is the Return Worth It?

If 2025 will be remembered for anything — outside of the return of President Donald J. Trump and the rise of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — it will undoubtedly be the establishment of artificial ...
WISN 12 NEWS

Wisconsin lawmakers propose a second bill to regulate data centers

ROUND OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW MOVES IN. COMING UP IN WEATHERWATCH 12 MARK. >> THANK YOU. DATA CENTERS AND THEIR MASSIVE ENERGY DEMAND. SO WHO SHOULD PAY? SOME STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING A NEW LAW ...
WTAE-TV

Big Tech's fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing fights in communities ...
Reuters

DayOne Data Centers raises over $2 billion to fund Europe, Asia expansion

SINGAPORE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - DayOne Data Centers has entered into definitive agreements for over $2.0 billion in its series C equity financing, led by existing investor Coatue with participation ...
Los Angeles Times

Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Big Tech’s aggressive expansion of data centers for AI is hitting a wall as communities organize campaigns ...
New Atlas

Powerful AI reasoning models can now run without giant data centers

Giant AI data centers are causing some serious and growing problems – electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in arid regions), reliance on destructive and human rights-abusing mining ...