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What are data centers and why do they matter?

Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities ...
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Grid operator warns of chaos if data centers don't produce their own power

A company that oversees the power grid serving Virginia, 12 other states and the District of Columbia is out with a strong ...
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a ...
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Data centers are booming in Texas. What does that mean for the grid?

The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity ...
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AI Data Centers Are Coming for Your Land, Water and Power

Think of them as AI factories, churning out your responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the other generative AI tools ...
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...