Data centers, meanwhile, can sprawl over vast areas, and operate most efficiently in cool climates. They contain servers, graphics processing units, and other equipment that needs ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...

With data center developers in Texas and most other states now commonly deploying fossil fuel generators as backup power sources, a nascent industry from the renewable side of power generation—battery ...

Reliance on fossil fuels is almost unavoidable — at least for now. By Evan Gorelick It’s been a big week for A.I. data centers. That means it’s also been a big week for coal and natural gas. Nvidia ...

AI data center proposals across Indiana are said to have utility companies profiting and raising costs for customers.

AES laid out two resource plans for how it will add energy capacity over the next 15 years, including one if data centers come online. AES plans to file the plan on Oct. 31 to get approval from the ...