Data has evolved from being a support function to becoming the very foundation of competitive advantage in business today. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, and companies are ...

Microsoft announced Sept. 18 that it would more than double its data center complex in Mount Pleasant, spending another $4 billion on what the company calls a state of the art AI facility. The new ...

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI. Tech giants have been ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...

Companies can submit proposals to build at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The Department of Energy is moving forward with plans to build data ...

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time. There are ...

Microsoft Corp. today revealed plans to spend $4 billion building a second data center in Wisconsin, having already begun construction on an initial facility nearby that’s set to cost about $3.3 ...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20, 2025 in ...

Theodore Kury is the Director of Energy Studies at the University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Center, which is sponsored in part by the Florida electric and gas utilities, the Florida Public ...

Data centers' huge demand for energy will raise the price of electricity, economists warn. How that will impact Michiganians' bills remains to be seen. Tech companies are racing to build data centers, ...