The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and issues around it.

More than 150 data centers now operate across metro Atlanta, but people who leave near the massive facilities say they're concerned about their quality of life and the impacts to nearby rivers.

If you’re worried about data centers and AI inflating your electricity bill, you’re not alone. A California watchdog released a report Tuesday urging policymakers to act fast on the state’s fast-growing data-center industry – before soaring electricity demand from artificial intelligence lands on the bills of ordinary households.

Wisconsin companies are doing big business in data centers even though none of the hyperscale facilities are yet operating in the state. But the long-term impact remains unclear.

The moratorium halts development of any new data center that would use more than 20 megawatts of electricity or would be within 500 feet of residential homes.

Since 2020, the average U.S. residential electric bill has increased 29.3%, as energy demand climbs with the rapid expansion of AI-powered data centers.

Proposed changes to tax incentives offered by the General Assembly to the data center industry are raising concerns among Loudoun’s elected officials as the impacts on the world’s largest concentratio

Columbus City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss the fiscal, environmental, and health impacts of central Ohio's data center boom.

Amazon on Tuesday said three data centers in the Middle East were recovering from drone strikes that left some of their customers without service. “In the UAE [United Arab Emirates], two of our facilities were directly struck,

The city of Independence approved plans for a Dutch company to build a hyperscale AI data center off Little Blue Parkway and Highway 78.