The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and issues around it.

Loudoun County’s tighter zoning rules are slowing new data center approvals New projects are rising in Stafford, King George, Caroline and Louisa counties Power constraints and community opposition ...

JLL’s baseline projections, in which global data center capacity would reach 200 GW within 6 years, would represent a 14% compound annual growth rate for the data center sector. That new capacity ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Workers in a data center. Simple statistics have led to assertions that the artificial ...

Streaming shows, storing photos in the cloud and using social media — all of these require data centers. Why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them? Some ...

The windowless buildings rising across North Carolina look more like warehouses than engines of climate change. They have no smokestacks and no obvious emissions. But inside, thousands of servers run ...

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 ...

AI is inspiring organizations to rethink a fundamental IT concept: the data center. For decades, the data center was a centralized place. It was a handful of large, secure facilities where ...