HOBART, Ind. (WGN) – The city of Hobart, Indiana voted to approve a fill permit for Amazon to move forward with on site soil grading for a data center, much to the dismay of many of its residents.

Every time someone orders food online, checks exam results, or streams a video, new data is created and saved. Behind these activities are large databases that store millions of records. These ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard. Behold, the hyperscale data center! Massive structures, with thousands of ...

Taylor Frazier McCollum remembers when Landover Mall in her Prince George’s County neighborhood was a staple in family moments. It was the place where she felt safe trick-or-treating in a costume for ...

Data center demand forecasts have led to skyrocketing prices to secure future power supplies on PJM Interconnection, the largest electric grid in the U.S. Consumers served by PJM will pay $16.6 ...

Residents fear data centers will raise utility bills and strain resources Local opposition unites farmers, environmentalists and homeowners across party lines Pennsylvania utilities project sharp rise ...

Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry's data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon.

A financially motivated threat actor is flipping the phishing playbook by getting victims to make the first email contact with the attacker rather than the other way around. The scam involves the ...

For an exercise in irony, take a moment to ask ChatGPT why large data centers — noisy and voracious consumers of energy and water — are necessary. The answer it gives is long and complicated, but what ...

President Trump fired the head of the BLS, claiming manipulated jobs numbers after a report of slowed hiring. While revisions were more dramatic than usual, these numbers are always revised. WSJ ...