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LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A proposal for a potential data center in Lakeland has been submitted for review, a city official said. According to Lakeland city records, the data center, titled “Project ...

NEW FLORENCE, Mo. — In the quiet town of New Florence, Missouri, residents say they can already hear the future moving in. “Listen, you can hear the bulldozers running down there right now,” longtime ...

A massive data center project planned in Mesa is moving forward. Mesa Planning Commission members cast their votes on May 13 in a quiet and nearly empty chamber, ending a 10-minute meeting with a ...

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Happening on Thursday, another neighborhood meeting is expected to be packed as residents will hear more about Project Taurus. For those community members looking to ...

PHOENIX — New national polling data shows the majority of Americans do not want to see an AI data center in their community, while the debate surrounding their benefits and potential impacts continues ...

May 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday said it has been in discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others regarding future launches for its Project Suncatcher, an ...

Artificial intelligence is setting off the biggest infrastructure buildout since the early internet boom. Only this time, the stakes are larger, the power demands are higher, and the local pushback is ...

Building a plant to power the data center is intended to ensure the project won’t strain the local grid and hike electricity costs for nearby residents, as has happened in other areas with AI data ...

Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to ...

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Several citizens are suing in Coweta County to stop a data center project that was approved last month. Project Sail, as it's known, was given a green light by the Coweta County ...