The effort to improve forecasts got a high-profile boost in September, when a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member ...

While data centers have the potential to transform our society, they come at a price, particularly in the form of rising ...

While estimates vary, California has the third-most data centers in the country, after Texas and Virginia. DataCenterMap, a ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data ...

When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a massive database of information about ...

Legislation from Texas to Georgia could impose fees and rules to safeguard the electric grid and keep a lid on household utility bills. Legislators in states where the U.S. data center boom is about ...

It may be the most common metric that power companies use when making their case to raise rates: Peak demand. Utilities also use this crucial data to forecast future energy needs. But only one of ...

A Maryland consumer watchdog has accused regional utilities of inflating the amount of electricity new data centers will need in a ‘land rush’ to lock up power grid access, a move that could lead to ...

A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are ...

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania state lawmakers held a hearing with stakeholders to better understand how the state can prepare and manage the growth of data centers. FILE - A data center owned by Amazon Web ...

Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's ...