The AI race is driving a surge of data centers in the United States, where some lawmakers want a more cautious approach.

Some states have offered tax incentives to attract high-tech data centers. But concerns about resources, waste and noise pollution are growing.

As demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing continues to fuel a nationwide boom in data center construction, a ...

new video loaded: The Maine Town That Actually Wants a Data Center transcript This year, Maine nearly became the first state to pass a statewide moratorium on new data centers. But before the law ...

As the tech industry battles state lawmakers eager to rein in the explosion of data centers, they’ve found a useful ally — labor unions. From California to New Jersey, labor groups are throwing their ...

Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of US homes—but that massive ...