Technical

Meet the woman who’s tracking data centers in Pennsylvania

The article was produced by the Pittsburgh Media Partnership Newsroom, a branch of the Pittsburgh Media Partnership, a coalition of 33 local newsrooms to support and promote local journalism across ...
THE WEEK

Data centers could soon be orbiting in space

Artificial intelligence increasingly requires so much space and power that we may run out of both on Earth. As a solution, tech companies are looking to do business in space by creating celestial data ...
MLive

Michigan’s largest AI data center can move ahead after DTE wins key approval

LANSING, MI - Michigan’s first “hyperscale” data center has a path to power. On Thursday, Dec. 18, state regulators cleared the way for a massive artificial intelligence server warehouse for ChatGPT ...
Forbes

Why Google, SpaceX Want AI Data Centers In Outer Space

As the AI surge progresses, the most significant hurdle is unlikely to be the availability of chips or components. Instead, it will be electricity, cooling, and physical space. On our planet, data ...
Scientific American

Data Centers in Space Aren’t as Wild as They Sound

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...
The Conversation

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...
MLive

Data center idea sparks heated debate in Northern Michigan community

FIFE LAKE, MI – A standing-room-only crowd this week exceeded fire code limits at a small, Up North library to hear details about a possible new data center being talked about for the community. On ...
The Texas Tribune

Google to build three new data centers in Texas in $40 billion investment

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CNN

Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...
The Hill

Cities starting to push back against data centers: Study

At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. Research collected by Data Center ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Facebook parent Meta to build data center in Beaver Dam; spend 'more than $1 billion'

Meta plans to invest over $1 billion in a new data center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The project is expected to create 100 operational jobs and support 1,000 construction jobs. The 700,000-square-foot ...