When Meta officials came to Louisiana in 2024 to negotiate a potential data center project, they told state officials that they would need significant tax breaks in order to close the deal. “It was ...

ASHBURN, Va.—Loudoun County’s growth into a mecca for one of the largest infrastructure build-outs in American history kicked into gear when Buddy Rizer taped a list of companies to his office door.

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. - Rounding into downtown, a hand-painted mural declares New Carlisle, Indiana “a nice place to visit, a great place to live.” One of the largest tech companies in the world thinks ...

Big Tech is considering supporting new uranium mining projects as companies need additional reliable power capacity for their huge data center expansion, according to the top executive of Canadian ...

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With community opposition growing, data center backers are going on a full-scale public relations blitz. Around Christmas in Virginia, which boasts the highest concentration of data centers in the ...

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities,” according to ...

Before the final vote by Springdale Borough Council on Dec. 16, 2025, opponents of an AI data center have a show of hands of people opposing the center. (Photo by John Beale/Pittsburgh's Public Source ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard. Behold, the hyperscale data center! Massive structures, with thousands of ...