Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of ...

The Energy Department is ordering U.S. grid operators to make backup electricity generation from facilities such as data centers available in case of power outages caused by the weekend’s expected ...

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 ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

Employees detailed to the Social Security Administration shared sensitive data through a nonsecure server, the Justice Department disclosed. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington Employees with ...

As the AI industry continues to grow, data centers are being proposed across southeastern Michigan, concerning many in the communities that would surround them. 7 News Detroit is looking into the ...

Clothing and fitness data company Under Armour said it is investigating claims of a data breach after a cybercriminal posted millions of customer records to a hacker forum. The seller told TechCrunch ...

Michigan's electricity demands could spike in the next few decades, as the state seeks to attract data centers primarily used to power generative artificial intelligence. The growing need for power in ...

Mason Mayor Russell Whipple wants to know what data centers could mean for the water supply of his Ingham County city of about 8,000. Mason is not one of the 15-plus communities in Michigan that have ...

Power prices in the largest U.S. grid rose sharply on Sunday as demand in a region with the world's largest concentration of ⁠energy-hungry data centers surpassed forecasts during a deep freeze ...

Marcel Bucher is a professor of plant molecular physiology at the University of Cologne and member of the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence, where his research focuses on plant-microbe interactions, ...

Frontline crypto developers wouldn't be subject to treatment as regulated financial firms in the latest U.S. crypto markets legislation, according to bill text that emerged on Wednesday in advance of ...