New Tennessee law makes data centers pay — not your power bill

A new Tennessee law requires data centers to pay for their own infrastructure, aiming to protect residents from higher ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

Data centers in spotlight as Lake Tahoe scrambles for power source

Lake Tahoe finds itself in the middle of the national debate about the rising energy demand from data centers as a utility company scrambles to secure an alternate power source. About 49,000 customers ...
The Verge

Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...
Mother Jones

Chevron Seeks Huge Tax Break to Build a Power Plant for a Texas Data Center

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions ...
Electrek

Data centers are cutting power to homes, driving homeowners to solar and batteries

A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers — and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It’s one of ...
Chicago Tribune

Column: Data center march into Grayslake grows into a stampede

It was only a matter of time before Lake County residents began challenging the siting of data centers in the area. Allowing the vast server warehouses in corporate neighborhoods is being debated ...
Futurism

New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A ...
Insider Monkey

15 Best Power Generation Stocks To Buy For Data Center Demand

In this article, we will look at the 15 Best Power Generation Stocks To Buy For Data Center Demand. Power generation stocks are getting a closer look because the AI buildout is turning electricity ...
SpaceNews

Anthropic to consider using SpaceX orbital data center satellites

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic will study use of orbital data centers being developed by SpaceX. The two companies announced agreements May 6 giving Anthropic, developer of a ...
Business Insider

I helped block a data center in my town and learned how much power locals have

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jesse Brooks, a 35-year-old videographer who lives in Fayetteville, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. It has been edited for length and clarity. The ...
Engineering News-Record

Oracle's $16B Michigan Data Center Secures Financing as Power Contracts Face Appeals

A rendering of Related Digital's proposed data center campus in Saline Township, Mich., near Ann Arbor, shows three single-story compute buildings totaling more than 1.6 million sq ft. The $16B ...
Post and Courier

After requesting large power increase, Spartanburg data center says that's been the plan all along

SPARTANBURG — NorthMark, the company behind the data center under construction on South Pine Street, said that its recent request for a ninefold increase in power is consistent with its vision for the ...