The data center buildout is driving up the price of rural land as some farmers and property owners buy in and others push ...

Data centers power AI, but growing concerns over water use, energy demand and local impacts are fueling opposition nationwide.

The companies that build and run data centers are on the losing end of a populist backlash — and they’re struggling to respond. Fears that the server-packed data hubs will drive up electricity prices, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent poll found that more people would rather have a nuclear power plant or steel factory in their community than a data ...

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is enacting the nation’s first state-level moratorium on large-scale data center construction amid concerns over the impact of the facilities meant to support ...

An overflowing room of residents showed up in opposition, but New Morgan Borough Council voted to create a data center ...