Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of ...

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The Energy Department is ordering U.S. grid operators to make backup electricity generation from facilities such as data centers available in case of power outages caused by the weekend’s expected ...

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...

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Clothing and fitness data company Under Armour said it is investigating claims of a data breach after a cybercriminal posted millions of customer records to a hacker forum. The seller told TechCrunch ...

Michigan's electricity demands could spike in the next few decades, as the state seeks to attract data centers primarily used to power generative artificial intelligence. The growing need for power in ...

Mason Mayor Russell Whipple wants to know what data centers could mean for the water supply of his Ingham County city of about 8,000. Mason is not one of the 15-plus communities in Michigan that have ...

Microsoft is proposing to build 15 new data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The proposed expansion would add approximately 8.7 million square feet to its operations in Racine County. These plans ...

As an electricity crunch drives bills higher around the country, big tech companies building power-hungry data centers are increasingly offering to pay for more of the energy they consume, so everyday ...