‘Now, it’s pitchforks’: AI’s power appetite, local pushback driving site selections for data centers

Thirsty machines: AI data centers need for water prompts local worries over supplies, impacts

Maily Kocinski grew up in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, a rural town 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee. She still lives there on a small farm — complete with a creek — with her husband, Robert, along with “two horses, barn cats,…

America is having the wrong data center conversation. It's shooting us in the foot

America is having the wrong conversation about data centers, and if we don’t get the conversation right, we risk talking ourselves out of our own national competitiveness. Across the country, communities are debating new projects. Questions are being raised about grid impact, water usage, land development, tax structures, and local quality of life. Those concerns aren’t just legitimate, they are essential. Local residents deserve straight talk a…

‘Now, it’s pitchforks’: AI’s power appetite, local pushback driving site selections for data centers

Jared Navarre and Tracey Hyatt Bosman are no strangers to data centers.

Power Bottlenecks Push Data Centers Beyond Traditional Hubs

As grid queues grow longer, regulatory hurdles and power constraints are reshaping the site selection playbook.

Trump’s push for more A.I. data centers will mean major air pollution

The president's push for data centers is driving a boom in gas-burning power plants. Texas is leading the way.