Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

Voters in a city near Los Angeles appear to be the first in the nation to approve an all-out ban on data centers. About 86 percent of voters in Monterey Park, Calif., voted in favor of the measure in ...

Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cryptocurrency, data centers ...

EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...

Voters in one Los Angeles suburb just overwhelmingly rejected the development of data centers in their area—for good. In the latest sign that Americans are souring on artificial intelligence, in a ...

A proposed data center next to Nashville Zoo is facing opposition from the zoo, local officials and the broader community. Nashville Zoo has started an online petition against the data center, citing ...

A new Tennessee law prohibits municipalities and utilities from passing data center infrastructure costs to other customers. The law requires data centers using over 50 megawatts of power to cover ...

MONROE COUNTY, Wis. (WKBT) — Residents packed the Adrian Town Hall Monday evening to learn about a proposed modular data center that could come to their community, as a Denver-based company sought ...

SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Data centres are expected to consume twice as much power and water by 2030 as they expand to meet the surge in demand from artificial intelligence, U.N. researchers said ...

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 ...