As our use of online tools expands wildly with the advent of artificial intelligence, so does the demand for data.

In a rural pocket of northeastern Louisiana, Meta is building a $30 billion data center called Hyperion. The project highlights an opaque system of financing that's fueling fears of an AI bubble.

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The expansion of data centers to power the AI boom has more people wondering: what exactly is in a data center?

A proposed 4.4-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant south of Homer City, intended to power a nearby data processing center, is drawing scrutiny over its possible massive water demands on a local ...

Meta plans to invest over $1 billion in a new data center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The project is expected to create 100 operational jobs and support 1,000 construction jobs. The 700,000-square-foot ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center ...