Maine is poised to freeze large data-center construction, which would make it the first state to enact such a measure as communities across the U.S. grapple with fallout from the boom in artificial ...

ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok has dropped plans to invest in a new Irish data center in a blow to the country’s reputation as a data center hub as it grapples with concerns over grid capacity. Instead of ...

El Paso Electric plans to build a $500 million power plant to meet the energy needs of Meta's new data center. The natural gas-fueled plant is set for an unprecedented 10-month construction timeline ...

A horse grazes in the field at Diamond Farms on Robertsville Road south of Gray Summit on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr., owner of Diamond Farms and CEO of the Franklin County-based Bank ...

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply on the site of a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant in ...

A data center in Lisle that drew the ire of village officials last month for doing construction work without a permit has backed off plans to expand its power base. Lisle officials say Centersquare ...

Microsoft Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. each committed nearly $50 billion in additional data center leases in their most recent quarters, underscoring an escalating bet the tech industry is making on ...

Elon Musk's xAI data centers need a lot of electricity. Without it, Grok can't sling edgy memes and make videos of Trump dressed like Rambo, flying a bald eagle into battle. However, his latest data ...

March 3 (Reuters) - NextEra Energy (NEE.N), opens new tab, the largest U.S. electricity company, expects to build between 15 and 30 gigawatts of new generation capacity ‌for U.S. data centers in the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ed Zitron has done the math on the AI industry. He does not like what he found. Building a modern AI data center costs ...

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