Ohio lawmakers are weighing whether to set up a new commission studying data centers. Business groups believe it can vindicate the industry, while ordinary Ohioans worry time is short to rein in the ...

Energy experts say Michigan's electrical grid can handle current demand, but as more data centers set up shop, the state may need more power and updated transmission to keep the lights on. "It's an ...

The nearly 600 acres of land off Michigan Avenue in Saline Township, where Related Digital wants to build a massive data center, is still just vacant land in a fairly rural community close to Ann ...

More than 1,000 Wisconsin residents have signed a petition to pause approval of data center projects until state leaders place more guidelines on their energy and water use. The petition, created by ...

It’s a digital gold rush as data center development sweeps through small-town America. As demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital storage surges, developers are racing to ...

Racks of servers inside an AWS data center in 2023. (AWS Photo / Noah Berger) Lisa Karstetter grew up in Eastern Washington’s agricultural country. By the mid-2000s, she was running the Quincy Valley ...

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 ...