But there is another reason to add to the list: water consumption. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), a typical 100-megawatt hyperscale data center consumes around 530,000 gallons of water per day, equivalent to the use of 6,500 homes.

A new report by Bluefield Research warns that within four years 72% of total water consumption by data centers will happen off-site as part of dedicated power generation.

Journal Sentinel readers sent more than 300 questions about data centers in Wisconsin. Here is a summary of the most common questions and answers.

Microsoft indicated on Tuesday that it plans to pay more for electricity used to fuel artificial intelligence data centers so that residents don't have to bear the brunt of the costs. Brad Smith, vice chairman and president of Microsoft, announced the news ...

High-than-usual electric bills in Virginia this winter have prompted discussion about the role data centers could play in driving up costs. Dominion Energy, the commonwealth's largest electric utility company,

What’s noticeably missing from the agenda of Gov. Tina Kotek’s Data Center Advisory Committee are tax breaks. Kotek convened her data center committee to come up with policy recommendations to take

The regulatory reform efforts, bills like the SPEED Act, ePermit Act and PERMIT Act, could help. The Securing Reliable Power for Advanced Technologies Act specifically targets AI infrastructure development. But Congress moves slowly, and the AI race moves fast.