Data center construction is increasingly becoming a political issue, with locals organizing against major tech companies like Meta, Amazon and Google, which are spending billions in a push to create ...

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit. Credit...Soña Lee Supported by By Eli Tan and Ryan Mac ...

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 ...

Data centers dominated local news throughout 2025, ushering in an unprecedented onslaught of new development and packing public meetings with standing-room-only crowds of concerned residents. Only one ...

Tech executives like Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison are fully bought in to the idea that the future of the American (and possibly ...

These companies will play a crucial role in supporting the AI era. The AI revolution is driving nearly insatiable demand for hardware like high-performance GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment, and ...

Microsoft Corp. is building another data center in Medina County, where the technology giant has amassed more than 1,000 acres. The Redmond, Wash.-based technology corporation plans to build a ...

A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of electricity to power artificial intelligence, and ordinary households are paying the price. It's a tidy ...

Artificial intelligence increasingly requires so much space and power that we may run out of both on Earth. As a solution, tech companies are looking to do business in space by creating celestial data ...

Alphabet announced an plan to buy Intersect for $4.75 billion to secure power for US data centers. The move comes as tech firms face rising grid constraints and AI infrastructure project delays.

The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence. By Eli Tan Reporting from Seattle Google has agreed to buy ...

Loudoun County, Virginia, is a data center hub, with sprawling facilities such as this Ashburn, Virginia, location, seen in July 2023. Credit: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo The major artificial intelligence ...