ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly ...
WVXU

The AI data center boom is coming for Kentucky. What will lawmakers do about it?

Kentucky lawmakers plan to address data centers in the upcoming session, as utilities seek more power generation to serve ...
WFYI

IU: Tech companies, governments could do more to reduce environmental impacts of data centers

AI data centers need a massive amount of energy to operate 24/7. Multiple Indiana utilities plan to serve them with new ...
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What are data centers and why do they matter?

(The Center Square) – Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities grow. These facilities house the servers that process ...
KELOLAND.com

Why do data centers want to come to South Dakota?

With Data Centers on the horizon for many different communities in South Dakota, that begs the question why are they coming ...
Diginomica

Data centers and AI do use water - but less than you think, and there are much worse offenders

Many welcome recent US AI expansion plans into the UK. However, alongside jubilation about billions in inward investment come troubling reservations about the environmental cost of the 95 new UK data ...
KGW8

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...