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Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

Bitcoin mines rely on loud fans like these, seen at a facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y., that can be disruptive for nearby communities. Credit: Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy

By Tom Perkins

In Houston, a transmission tower in July, as ERCOT, the state's power grid, urged customers to preserve electricity. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Grid Operators and Regulators Iron Out New Rules for Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

A group of residents are trying to stop a proposed data center on an 822-acre property largely in Augusta Charter Township, Mich. Credit: Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative

By Tom Perkins

The Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Ashley Orona/LA Public Press

The AI Data Center Boom Comes to Southeast LA

By Ashley Orona, LA Public Press

Bessemer City Council members listen as residents express their concerns about a proposed hyperscale data center during a July meeting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Despite Stiff Opposition, an Alabama City Changes Its Laws to Accommodate Data Centers

By Lanier Isom

Students walk through the University of Michigan campus on April 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.

By Tom Perkins

Duke Energy plans to apply for a license extension for its nuclear plants, including Shearon Harris in southern Wake County. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

The construction site of the COL5 data center is seen on July 24 in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Moves to Prioritize Review of New Chemicals for Data Centers

By Tom Perkins

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the groundbreaking of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Tuesday in Chicago. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

As Chicago Quantum Campus Breaks Ground, Residents Call for Community Benefits

By Keerti Gopal

Transmission lines stand in front of Dominion Energy’s Chesterfield Power Station in Chesterfield, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation

By Deep Vakil, Charles Paullin

A coal mine operates on leased public land in Colorado. Credit: BLM Colorado

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry

By Jake Bolster

A digitally rendered image of Terranova’s robot, called the Atlas 3. Credit: Courtesy of Terranova

Can an AI-Guided Robot Help a California City Resist Sea Level Rise and Sequester Carbon?

By Jennifer Ugwa

The site of the proposed Bessemer data center is currently a nearly 700-acre wooded plot. Construction would require the clearcutting of more than 100 acres. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Expresses Opposition to Massive Alabama Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth

A data center’s liquid cooling system. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers.

By Rambo Talabong

An AI-generated humpback whale (left) is seen next to an actual photo of a humpback whale. This hyperrealistic duplicate shows how far generative AI has come, experts say. Credit: Duke MaRRS Lab

Could These ‘Deepfake’ Whales Aid Conservation Efforts?

By Kiley Price

Liz Robinson, executive director at Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, at her solar-powered rental property in Philadelphia on Sept. 3. Credit: Laurence Kesterson/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?

ICN Sunday Morning

An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Va. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

The AI Boom Is Coming for Pennsylvania. How Will Lawmakers Respond?

By Kyle Bagenstose

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