Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.

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Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...

ICE agents leave a residence after knocking on the door on Jan. 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security continues its immigration enforcement operations after two ...

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...

For the past two years, the conversation around AI infrastructure has focused on chips, models, and capital. In practice, that isn’t what’s slowing projects down. What matters is electricity–where it ...

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Google signs a deal with TotalEnergies for 1 GW of Texas solar to power data centers and boost grid supply as statewide demand surges.

The report, which was released during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, said that employers “risk missing the productivity prize” by focusing on technology deployment while neglecting the ...