ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry.

This Is What It Takes to Get a Data Center Financed

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world ...

With AI booming, NJ is a growing data center hub. But what about electric, water use?

New Jersey now has more than 80 data centers, many clustered near Manhattan. Critics worry about their potential to hike ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow As the demand for A.I. increases, ...

How data centers are driving up the cost of electricity — and what grid operators can do

Consumers see data centers as the energy-hungry culprits behind rising energy prices. Utilities see data centers as large customers who could help finance grid upgrades. As the data center boom ...

Could Baltimore County get a data center? What to know about potential risks, benefits

Ahead of the formal submission of plans to build a 150-megawatt data center in Woodlawn, Baltimore County state legislators ...
Crain's Detroit Business

Data center proposals are flying. Here's how they'll test Michigan's resources.

Data centers are dedicated facilities that house critical IT infrastructure — servers, storage systems, telecommunications ...