Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

With the City Council in Bessemer scheduled to vote Tuesday on a “hyperscale” data center, challenges from an environmental group and the Alabama Department of Transportation present potential obstacles for the wildly unpopular project.

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers

By Dan Gearino

International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade

By Blanca Begert

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

By Arcelia Martin

‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out

By Lauren Dalban

Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals

By Sarah Mattalian

With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy

By Charles Paullin

In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills

By Charles Paullin

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well

By Lisa Sorg

Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables

By Arcelia Martin

Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs

By Aman Azhar

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong

AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say

By Jake Bolster

AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?

By Katie Surma

‘Rapid Explosion’ of Data Centers Causes Planning Struggles in Texas

By Arcelia Martin

As the Data Center Boom Ramps Up in the Rural Midwest, What Should Communities Expect?

By Alexia Underwood

How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World?

By Dan Gearino, Charles Paullin