As AI increases demand for data centers, many will get built in dense metropolitan areas close to where people live and work.

Data centers used to fuel artificial intelligence are popping up all over the country, and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention.

Massive data center proposals are often developed in secret. Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent.

New data from FMI Corp., a Raleigh-based construction forecasting firm, shows spending on data center construction will climb 23% in 2026, even as office, hotel, apartment, ...

Google is the company developing a $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot data center at the Port of Little Rock, sources confirmed ...

Data centers have been a big topic over the past few years, especially in Indiana. There's been a push for more data centers in the Midwest, specifically AI data centers. We've seen several move ...

A high-density data center interior. Rising AI workloads are increasing pressure in data centers on power, cooling and uptime requirements. In a June 2025 infrastructure energy survey, Deloitte ...

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As demand for computing power soars nationwide, a Southern California entrepreneur with past legal troubles is trying to ...

Project Jade could eventually use the same amount of electricity as produced by 10 nuclear power plants. The post Laramie ...

AI data centers are coming, but what does that mean for local communities? From energy use to zoning decisions, explore why ...

Data centers have been a big topic across the nation over the past few years. There's been a push for more data centers in the Midwest, specifically AI data centers. In short, data centers are ...