The public has swung decidedly against data centers in a matter of months, and tech companies are freaking out about it. According to a recent survey by Heatmap Pro, 71% of Americans would oppose a ...

Tech companies are earmarking unprecedented sums of money to finance the build-out of massive data centers, with a planned $85 billion equity-raise by Google parent Alphabet GOOGL-2.16%decrease; down ...

When we talk about cybersecurity and digital safety in the context of our children, it’s often framed in one of two ways. Either it’s about inappropriate or unsafe content – of the sort that COPPA is ...

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission: bringing more transparency to data center construction and the impact those data centers have on nearby communities. Brockovich — who was ...

Ohio, one of the nation's data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and ...

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The rise of artificial intelligence depends on the construction of giant new data centers to supply the necessary computing power. But Americans do not want the facilities in their neighborhoods.

SHALERSVILLE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A local developer and a global tech firm hope to bring a major data center project to Portage County, to an emerging business park just north of the Ohio Turnpike.

Tech companies could be raking in more than $1 million a pop from every American’s online data over the years — with AI firms specifically reaping potentially millions more, according to a shocking ...

RAPIDES PARISH, La. — Louisiana officials unveiled plans to build another multi-billion-dollar AI data center in the state, as concerns mount over the technology's financial and environmental impact ...