Over the past two months, a proposal for a hyperscale data center in the city of Coachella has unleashed fierce pushback from local residents. Concerned over the cost of electricity and water usage, ...

Abstract: The increasing penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) adds variability as well as fast control capabilities to power networks. Dispatching the DERs based on local information to ...

Conversations are continuing across the state on whether or not data centers are meant to fuel New York’s infrastructure. As artificial intelligence becomes more common in today’s society, controversy ...

The Illinois General Assembly continues to debate what to do about data centers as the artificial intelligence business keeps booming, and communities complain about their energy bills, noise and ...

A local fight over a massive 800-acre data center has escalated into a statewide legislative battle, as activists and lawmakers demand an immediate freeze on new tech developments to protect Illinois ...

Public opposition to data centers is hardening as overwhelming majorities of Americans now oppose construction of the facilities in their communities, according to a newly released Gallup survey. The ...

Locating power-generating capacity on-site, even using modified jet engines to drive steam turbines, is one emerging option to address data centers’ high power needs. But there are other options, too.

Minnesota House representatives and community members are calling for a ban on companies using Non-Disclosure Agreements with local municipalities as data center scrutiny increases. A bill prohibiting ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — Two more cities in northwest Ohio are hitting the pause button on a fast-growing industry. Leaders in Findlay and Tiffin approved temporary bans on data centers at city council ...

On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where ...

A data center is planned to occupy a vacant commercial building in Monterey Park, Calif., near homes and businesses and not far from downtown Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ...

Port Washington, a small city located about 30 minutes north of Milwaukee, passed the nation’s first anti-data center referendum on April 7. It requires future projects to receive approval from local ...