Public backlash to the growth of data centers is rising, prompting local and state governments to seek moratoriums and new regulations on the facilities. President Donald Trump favors the rapid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The battle over data centers has a new front, and residents near the Nashville Zoo are drawing the line.

If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you’ve probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers’ insatiable thirst for water to power evaporative ...

Currently, there are about 4,000 data centers across the country, with an additional 3,000 under construction, according to Apollo. The massive data centers needed to power AI are popping up in both ...

(NewsNation) — Americans have been voicing opposition to data center development in communities nationwide, citing economic and environmental concerns. The Pew Research Center reported that data ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Members of the Nashville Metro Council are pushing a temporary ban or pause on new data center developments to work on zoning rules for the ever-growing industry. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

For months, community members across the San Gabriel Valley have warned about the risks of higher electricity bills, air and noise pollution, and increased water consumption in an already water scarce ...

Microsoft CEO: New Data Centers Use the Same Amount of Water As a Restaurant According to Satya Nadella, Microsoft's newer facilities use a closed-loop cooling system that circulates the same water ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...