The Rise Of Distributed Data Centers In The AI Era

For decades, the data center was a centralized place. As AI shifts to an everyday tool, that model is changing. We are moving ...
Data Center Frontier

Edged US Builds Waterless, High-Density AI Data Center Campuses at Scale

Edged US is scaling high-density AI data center campuses across major U.S. metros using waterless cooling, standardized ...
SpaceNews

Planet bets on orbital data centers in partnership with Google

The two demo satellites that Google and Planet are developing for Project Suncatcher are versions of Planet’s new Owl line of imaging satellites. Credit: Planet WASHINGTON — Planet, a company best ...
The New York Times

Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions

Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country. By Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.
Reuters

AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service

CHICAGO, Dec. 23 - In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children ...
Futurism

Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes

Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...
The Verge

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. is a senior science reporter ...
Gizmodo

OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center Approved in Michigan as American Anger Starts to Boil

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 3 minutes ...
KSLA

Shreveport City Council votes ‘yes’ on data center

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Shreveport City Council met Thursday afternoon (Dec. 18) to discuss an appeal by the developers on the much talked about proposed data center. Thursday evening, the city ...
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 ...
TechRepublic

Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers

Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers Your email has been sent In 1849, the 49ers chased gold. In 2025, the new rush is for power. Utilities and grid operators are overwhelmed with requests ...