Agencies Should Take Steps to Better Target Underserved Areas and Consider Sustainability

Can a large data center be built away from water resources and be independently powered?

Missing from much of this discussion is the strategic role data centers play in enabling innovation.

Last year, Georgia Power got permission from the state's Public Service Commission to radically increase the amount of electricity the utility generates and sells.

Some data centers are building their own power plants. In Oklahoma, most want to plug into the grid.

Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations

New York won't build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks

Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas.

The developer building a new data center in north Denver said the facility could use up to 805,000 gallons of water each day...

Data centers: New independent study offers roadmap for responsible development in Michigan

How easily could a big data center set up in northern Michigan?

Wyoming Wrestles With Unprecedented Power Demand From Massive Data Centers

Project Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desert

Current State of Energy, Water, and Local Considerations

Evaluation of Policy Controversies Regarding Hyperscale Data Center Development

Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI

The joint initiative expands long‑haul fiber infrastructure to meet growing data demands.

County Commissioners want time to determine land use regulations for any rural data center projects

[S]everal local costs and benefits of data centers to communities that host them...

Walton County, Georgia, didn’t ask to become a test case for the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom.