Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to communities that host them is still in question.

Virginia lawmakers heard testimony for and against the legislative measure before continuing the bill to 2027.

A controversial data center proposal in Naperville is set to once again come before the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday evening. Developer Karis Critical’s plan calls for the construction of ...

Since 2010, data centers in Virginia have not had to pay the state’s sales and use tax. At a rate of 4.3%, that foregone revenue adds up: Over the past decade, data centers have been exempt from ...

Loudoun County, Virginia, is a data center hub, with sprawling facilities such as this Ashburn, Virginia, location, seen in July 2023. Credit: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo The major artificial intelligence ...

LOUDOUN — When Julia Mason moved into her new home in Loudoun Meadows six years ago, the community was less than 10 years old, and the view across Quail Ridge Lake was a farm, with woods and a red-and ...

Area residents commenting on a proposed data center raised questions of cancer, property values, noise, power and water usage and local ordinances before Hazle Twp. supervisors tabled a vote on ...

Residents also oppose a data center the size of 18 Walmarts that is set to be built in pristine woodland outside Bessemer, Ala. “All this will be gone,” one said. The woodland around Bessemer, Ala., ...

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 ...

A $25 billion data center project has been approved for industrial use on 2,000 acres in Maricopa County. The project is designed to support the nation's artificial intelligence boom with 1 gigawatt ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the body that will decide the Henry County Planned Unit Development. It is the Henry County Board of Commissioners. Three years ago, the ...