There are nearly 300 data centers in Northern Virginia, scattered across Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William counties. It's the largest concentration of data centers in the world. The increase in ...

More than $61 billion has flowed into the data center market so far this year. Hyperscalers are increasingly turning to outside capital in the form of debt to fund the energy-intensive infrastructure.

Every year, designers at Pew Research Center create hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations. We also help make a range of other digital products, from “scrollytelling” features to ...

Assuming Google does manage to launch a prototype in 2027, will it simply be a high-stakes technical experiment – or the dawning of a new era? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

Advanced data visualization and analytics have become central to enterprise IT strategies as organizations face rapid data growth from cloud services, software-as-a-service applications, edge devices, ...

Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry's data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon.

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, ...

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...

In June, Business Insider published an investigation into the data center industry. We wanted to dig into the pace of growth in light of the artificial intelligence boom, as well as the resources the ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The companies frantically building and leasing data centers are well aware that they’re straining grids, driving ...