Ben Blatt, a data reporter for The Upshot, dreams up inventive ways to answer questions like: “Is Taylor Swift actually ...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Google has confirmed it will move forward with a data center in Botetourt County, addressing concerns about water use and utility costs in what county officials called a ...

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Purple pipe is a nickname for recycled water that could flow from sewer plants or mine tunnels to cool data centers. “In many cases it costs less than potable water. We couldn’t put in reuse lines ...

The FBI is once again buying location data on Americans, confirming a surveillance method that had largely faded from public view. During a Senate hearing this week, Director Kash Patel said the ...

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The moratorium will go through July 2. The city plans to meanwhile look into amending its ordinance to include data centers. Brevard City Council enacted a 90-day moratorium on potential data centers ...

Nvidia announced chips that will be used for space missions at the GTC 2026 AI conference. Orbital data centers have been an increasingly popular proposition as AI demand tests Earth's energy ...

The environmental impact of new data centers is unclear as developers are guarded about water and power usage specifics. Data centers use a massive amount of electricity, which is expected to strain ...

This is a guest post by Wangda Zuo, a professor of architectural engineering at Penn State. A version of this article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The ...

TECfusion's data center project in Springdale Township, Pennsylvania (Feixu Chen for PMP Newsroom) This is a guest post by Wangda Zuo, a professor of architectural engineering at Penn State. A version ...