The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental ...

The industry can be a black box of information. But as the state deals with persistent drought, residents and regulators want ...

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As part of her announcement Thursday that the state is halting tax breaks for data center developers, Gov. Maura Healey laid out a set of rigorous “expectations” — eight objectives developers will be ...

Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or scale back one of its most ambitious clean energy goals as its rapid buildout of AI data centers puts pressure on its ability to meet those targets. Microsoft ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

Wisconsin is becoming a popular location for data centers due to its climate, water access, and affordable land. The majority of a data center's water footprint comes from the offsite electricity ...

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. As ...

Data centers consumed about 4.4% of the nation’s electricity in 2023. The percentage might grow to between 6.7% and 12% by 2028, according to research backed by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Alberta is touting its abundant supply of cheap fossil fuels to entice tech companies to build data centers for the AI boom, a move that would undermine Canada's plan to ​link new data center ...