Microsoft’s use of 1.35 gigawatts of processing power in West Virginia will be entirely powered by emissions-producing ...

Environmental leaders are calling on Montgomery County to ensure the proposed Dickerson data center runs on 100 percent clean energy, citing risks to public health and the county’s climate goals.

As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems constantly running, ...

Readers sent more than 300 questions on data centers. Here we examine the environmental impact of projects under construction ...

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...