From New York to Texas, state and local governments have heard the message: Their constituents are wary of data centers. […]
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Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many
Verizon is seeking to tap into Silicon Valley’s AI spending in a big way. The telecom giant revealed a deal […]
AI firms want more data centers; Trump’s EPA may give neighbors less say
Sara Lips, the director of communications at Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division, says that the agency is “determining whether proposed federal […]
Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
US manufacturers in many Rust Belt cities and towns are paying significantly higher electricity costs as growing energy demand from […]
Facing US export controls, China’s DeepSeek plans to make its own chips
DeepSeek, the Chinese startup developing large language models that are competitive with those from US companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, […]
Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
The company also noted that its supply chain emissions from its contracted manufacturers and suppliers actually grew by 25 percent […]
US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs
US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to […]
OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Codex and the models those tools utilize, and Broadcom, an established silicon supplier, have […]
When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
Think globally, worry locally While there’s no risk of big tech companies literally draining the oceans to power the data […]
How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems
Some tech giants, including Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle, have made statements in recent months indicating that they are moving away […]