As the demand for artificial intelligence (AI), and data and cloud services increases, the U.S. is seeing a rapid rise in ...

About 1 in 50 Louisville residents live in the same census block group as facilities handling "flammable or extremely hazardous chemicals." ...

Blackstone agreed to acquire Potomac Energy Center, a natural gas power plant in Virginia ... the Potomac plant is located in close proximity to over 130 data centers. Write to Denny Jacob ...

The first rule of data ... own data centers—so that they can keep their data and run their applications up close; this may be due to strict privacy concerns, or simply a matter of proximity ...

Vance Peterson, Solutions Architect for Schneider Electric, provides insights on how data centers can remain resilient, ...

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology ...

Glenn Youngkin says Virginia must nearly double its power ... sentiment about data centers. So far, concerns have largely focused on data centers’ environmental impacts and proximity to ...

Amazon and Microsoft bought land for large data centers near Xcel Energy’s soon-retiring ... complying with laws for a transition to clean power. Lagging power supply on the 15-state regional ...

Georgia Power files 2025 Integrated resource plan forecasting massive fossil fuel, renewable energy growth to meet data ...

TL;DR: Future AI data centers will require significant power increases, with predictions of 68GW by 2027 and 327GW by 2030, potentially overwhelming current infrastructure. Permitting challenges ...

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power ... calls for sites with “proximity to necessary infrastructure including power and water.” ...