Claim: Oklahoma has enacted a “Behind the Meter” bill that requires data centers to develop their own sources of electricity.

Why are new power lines needed? Who will pay for them? What do nearby residents and officials say? A Milwaukee Journal ...

Vernon, an industrial town with just a little more than 200 residents, has become Southern California’s unlikely AI data ...

A new law orders regulators to study the cost impacts of fast-growing, energy-hungry AI data centers. Lawmakers are expected ...

Senate Bill 79 would require the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to establish a group to determine how much demand data centers would place on Indiana’s electricity grid. If passed, the group ...

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced on Monday that it has agreed to buy the data center and energy company Intersect ...

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants.

Michigan regulators unanimously approved a request from utility DTE Energy Co. to power a massive data center development ...

In terms of climate, and energy, and ecology, we are increasingly focused on carbon footprints as a whole, and so it makes sense that many of us would be focused on the carbon footprint of AI, and its ...

The city of Naperville is weighing whether to approve a proposed new data center, amid concerns about the impact such facilities have on residents’ utility bills and the environment. The city of ...

Electric bills in the Chicago area could go up as much as $70 in the next three years because of data centers, according to the Citizens Utility Board.