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Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is arguably the most powerful innovation in AI integration to date, but sadly, its purpose and potential are largely misunderstood. So what's the best way to really ...

Generative AI models require the backing of physical data centers that demand huge amounts of power and water. As interest in the technology has ballooned, more data centers have popped up across the ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

Cutting corners: American AI companies are racing to build as many data centers as they can, but limits in domestic manufacturing and energy supply are slowing progress. As a result, only about half ...

SpaceX wants to put up to a million data centers in orbit. There are a few technological hurdles standing in the way. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world ...

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 ...

Zac Landicini lives about 3 miles from where the data center is being constructed in Vineland, N.J. He has two young children and worries about asthma and the cost of utilities like power and water.

Texas has emerged as the epicenter of an unprecedented data center boom as the Trump administration and tech companies race against China and other rivals for bigger and better artificial intelligence ...

The state’s data center boom is reshaping energy, water use and taxes. Here’s what residents should know about the costs, jobs and incentives involved. Data centers are expanding across Illinois amid ...

U.S. and Chinese companies have announced plans to build space-based data centers. Orbital data centers could ease pressure on overstressed power grids in countries like India, South Africa, and ...