Microsoft has committed to “paying its way” to ensure its data centers will not ramp up residential utility rates, becoming the first major hyperscaler to publicly commit to a comprehensive framework ...

A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever had a SoundCloud account, now might be a good time to double-check your security settings. Reports indicate that the music streaming platform suffered a major data breach, exposing ...

America is still growing. But not by much. According to U.S. census estimates released on Jan. 27, population growth has slowed "significantly," with just 1.8 million more people between July 1, 2024, ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Trump and major tech companies are attempting to change the narrative around data centers, as rising electricity costs linked to AI infrastructure face ...

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...

Microsoft is proposing to build 15 new data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The proposed expansion would add approximately 8.7 million square feet to its operations in Racine County. These plans ...

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

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 ...