Driven by surging AI demand, data centers are expanding at unprecedented speed, with many soon expected to require a gigawatt or more of electrical power. As a result, electricity has become a ...

NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌power consumption, which hit its second straight annual record high in 2025, will rise further in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and electrification ...

DUBLIN—Big tech built so many data centers in Ireland that the sector uses a fifth of the country’s electricity—more than all of Ireland’s urban homes put together. For much of the past three years, ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...