Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat

Two engineers explain how data center design, construction and operation can help the facilities support their communities.
Tech Xplore

Data centers don't have to be a burden on local communities, and can even support them

Many consumers—and state policymakers and even utility companies—are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power prices.

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's ...

Why RI now finds itself in the center of the data center debate

A data center proposal in Smithfield and set of bills in the General Assembly have brought the charged national debate over ...
WPRL

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's ...
TruthoutOpinion

Want to Resist a Data Center? These Organizers Share How They Did It.

Organizers from Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Arizona share strategies for resisting data centers in other communities.

The Case for Data Centers in Space Is Getting Stronger

If you're wondering, yes, the idea has been floated...more than once. Unsurprisingly, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly ...
Task & Purpose

Army plans to host new commercial data centers on at least 4 bases

Add Task & Purpose (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The Army plans to ...
WUWM

Local data center critics praise Microsoft's pledge to stop using NDAs, but remain skeptical

This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch. Microsoft announced last week it would stop signing nondisclosure agreements that keep its data center proposals secret, a move that received ...
The Indianapolis Star

Martindale Brightwood data center overwhelmingly passes

Metrobloks, a Los-Angeles-based startup, is one step closer to building its proposed $500 million data center in Martindale Brightwood after the city's Metropolitan Development Commission on April 1 ...
The Gazette

Large data center may be heading to former computer chip facility in Colorado Springs

The old Intel microchip manufacturing plant off Garden of the Gods Road on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Plans submitted to the city indicate it may be home to the newest and largest data center in the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin data centers' water use raises environmental concerns

The Journal Sentinel asked readers to send us their questions about Wisconsin data centers. More than 300 responded. The most-asked reader questions centered on water and energy use. Here is ...