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We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here's What We Found.

Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America...

15 Myths about Data Centers—and the Taxpayer Perspective

By Jess Ward, Leah Vukmir.

Big Tech Says Data Centers Must Change To Survive Local Opposition

As data center projects face fierce opposition across the U.S., leaders at Microsoft and Oracle say the industry can no longer afford to be dismissive of local concerns. Instead, developers and hyperscalers need to be proactive and change how data centers...

Data Centers and Energy Facilities Fuel Midwest Market

With available land and reliable, low-cost power, industry leaders say the Midwest is one of the country’s premier data center hubs.

OpEd: The AI Revolution Comes with a Hidden Tax

Data centers are now devouring land, electricity, water, and chips -- and driving up the price of just about everything.

WEC Energy Group: Data Centers Make This Utility Growth Story More Attractive

WEC Energy Group: Data Centers Make This Utility Growth Story More Attractive

Masayoshi Son Dismisses Musk's Idea For Orbital Data Centers

The main advantage of building data centers in space would be to slash electricity costs. But such expenses comprise a small fraction of the cost of operating data centers, compared with hardware like...

Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions

Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.

Data center pause raises larger questions about who benefits from AI infrastructure

Data centers use local land, power, water and public resources, but the economic value they create often benefits companies and customers far beyond the host community. Smart communities would ensure they reap the benefits of the data economy, not just serve as hosts for infrastructure.

“Just Unplug It”: Woman Questions Why Residents Must Conserve Water While Data Centers Continue Operating

As demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence grows, data centers are expanding across the country, and in order to keep these centers running, they rely on massive amounts of electricity and water. The electricity is for the obvious, but the water helps with cooling because of the high amounts of heat these centers generate, Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “Just Unplug It”: Woman Questions Why Residents Must Conserve Water While Data Centers Continue Operating appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Satya Nadella Sounds Alarm on AI Power Concentration, Urges Big Tech to Shift Messaging

REDMOND, Washington — Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella is raising concerns over the rapid consolidation of artificial intelligence capabilities, warning that the technology sector must fundamentally rethink its public messaging to maintain societal trust. Addressing the growing dominance of a few frontier model developers, Nadella argues that the industry needs to pivot toward more accessible, []

Filipino tech firm targets hidden business losses from unanswered calls

Forgotten frontier of digitlization? Landlines get a cloud boost to keep customers connected

The AI Trade Is Rotating From Chips to Infrastructure. 2 Stocks Riding the Shift.

As money moves past the chipmakers, the companies that power and cool AI data centers are having a moment.

NextEra’s Acquisition of Dominion Energy Would Result in Corporate Mega-Utility

The utility merger seeks to exploit the data center boom for profit and political clout, at ratepayers’ expense.

It may be almost impossible to make data centers pay their ‘fair share’ of electricity costs

Many major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. But ratepayers across the United States are worried about the potential costs ...

Debunking Data Center Myths

by Jeff Reynolds You’ve heard the stories. Data centers are loud, water-guzzling monsters chewing up rural landscapes. They promise jobs but deliver none. They’ll suck the grid dry, jack up everyone’s electric bill, overload the power grid, and leave abandoned warehouses when the AI bubble bursts. Opponents paint them as the latest corporate scam, with []

What Happens If You Don’t Back Up Microsoft 365?

Most businesses assume Microsoft handles all the data protection they need once they move to

Democrats divided on data center solutions

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Democrats divided on data center solutions Democrats believe that data centers are a problem, but they disagree on what to do about it. © Matt O'Brien, Associated Press For Democrats, the centers’ high energy usage — exacerbating both electricity bills and climate change — makes some sort of...

Building AI Infrastructure Responsibly: ER Steel on the Evolving Demands of Data Center Expansion

The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure seems to have brought data centers into a new phase of global development, with growing attention on computing power, digital capacity, and speed to deployment. Alongside that momentum, ER Steel observes another conversation gaining importance: the challenge of building and powering these facilities responsibly and efficiently while maintaining long-term [] This story continues at The Next Web

Cloud Services Procurement Must Be Improved

As federal agencies continue to modernize technology and adopt artificial intelligence, cloud services are essential to making these efforts efficient and cost-effective. A June 23, 2026, Government Accountability Office (GAO) report noted, “agencies need to maximize the impact of taxpayer dollars and make procurement decisions that deliver on their missions securely and reliably. These investments []

AI Data Centers Face a Networking Bottleneck as GPU Clusters Grow

AI data centers are running into a network bottleneck as GPU clusters expand. For infrastructure teams, fabric design, congestion control, and interoperability now matter as much as power, cooling, and accelerator supply. The post AI Data Centers Face a Networking Bottleneck as GPU Clusters Grow appeared first on TechRepublic.

What IT Leaders Are Saying About Storage that Grows with the Business

IT leaders rate Dell PowerStore on beating cloud storage costs, modern infrastructure integration and consolidating backend storage into just 2U. Key Takeaways: When IT decision-makers evaluate all-flash storage for growing organisations, cost-effective scalability and operational efficiency matter as much as performance. This is particularly true for South African IT leaders balancing growth with compliance. Three recent []

TechLife lancar tiga peranti baharu, tawar pakej pelancaran khas RM999

PERKEMBANGAN pesat tek­nologi digital terus mengubah cara masyarakat bekerja, berkomunikasi dan menjalani kehidupan seha­rian. Seiring peningkatan penggunaan peranti pintar, pengguna kini semakin menitikberatkan aspek kecekapan, kemudahan serta nilai dalam pemilihan produk teknologi yang mampu memenuhi keperluan harian mereka. Justeru itu, TechLife mengumumkan pelancaran tiga produk baharu yang direka bagi meningkatkan pengalaman digital harian pengguna, iaitu ... Read more The post TechLife lancar tiga peranti baharu, tawar pakej pelancaran khas RM999 appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Navigating the AI access control minefield

Rather like the early days of e-commerce, everyone seems to be ‘doing artificial intelligence’. IT leaders must now ensure these systems have secure access to enterprise data

Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s idea for orbital data centers

The main advantage of building data centers in space would be to slash electricity costs, but such expenses comprise a small fraction of total costs.

BTIG starts DLR, EQIX at Buy, calls data center demand a multi-decade supercycle

BTIG starts DLR, EQIX at Buy, calls data center demand a multi-decade supercycle

Data centers have moved into rural America. So have the concerns. – Capitol News IL

Data centers have moved into rural America. So have the concerns. – Capitol News IL

Can Industry 4.0 accelerate India’s agriculture growth through smarter fertiliser and chemical manufacturing?

As farming becomes more and more data-driven and tech-enabled, the supporting industries also have to move along.

Secrecy Is Killing Data Center Deals

The data center industry does not have a communication problem. It has a transparency problem. Across the country, projects are being delayed, contested and, in some cases, stopped before construction begins. The common thread is not always power or water. It is process. Communities are finding out too late, with too little information, about projects []

AI chip demand shock pushes up consumer prices

Personal computing becomes more expensive just as more powerful hardware is needed for AI-enabled software. That creates a widening affordability gap.

Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them

Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them

British American Tobacco to cut 9,000 jobs as smokers switch to vapes

The company had said earlier this year it was planning savings to make it more digital and AI-focused.