One data center got $77M in subsidies to produce one job. It's starting to look like the poster child for an industry's ruin.

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows ...

The renewable energy company Panthalassa says it has a solution to the proliferation of AI data centers, which consume ...

In a letter obtained by WIRED, the Energy Information Administration tells two senators that it plans to develop a mandatory ...

ERCOT's latest forecast that Texas power demand could more than quadruple is overinflated. But it's hard to reach more ...

AI simplifies processes and drives new efficiencies. But data centers harm the environment, and these companies are helping ...

A Jackson developer has filed a Request for Declaratory Opinion with the Public Service Commission. If granted, it could ...

Wisconsin is becoming a hub for large-scale data centers due to its freshwater, cool climate, and low land costs. Data centers require enormous amounts of water and electricity for cooling, raising ...

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The AI data center rush already has reached the nation’s driest state in a major way, but lawmakers are just now catching up on considering statewide regulations. Nevada’s interim committees on ...

The Journal Sentinel asked readers to send us their questions about Wisconsin data centers. More than 300 responded. The most-asked reader questions centered on water and energy use. Here is ...

Artificial intelligence data centers are driving up electric bills in New Jersey and straining local resources, according to a new report. The report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, a nonpartisan ...