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Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

Four people are standing out of doors, trees in the background. The two in the middle are holding a piece of paper with the colorful Birmingham darter.

The Darter Fish and the Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

A proposed data center for Equinix Inc. in Minooka could use 30 percent of the municipality’s allocated drinking water. Credit: Equinix

As Data Centers Proliferate Across Illinois, Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water

By Susan Cosier

The Hays Energy Project, a 990 MW gas-fired power plant near San Marcos, is seen on May 27. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Sisters Abigail and Jennifer Lindsey stand on their rural property on May 27 outside New Braunfels, Texas, where they posted a sign in opposition to a large data center and power plant planned across the street. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Credit: Constellation Energy

Meta Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation Energy

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of Constellation Energy’s nuclear power plant with a wind power turbine in the foreground near Marseilles, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois Punts on Plans for Increasing Energy Storage, Renewables

By Leigh Giangreco

A construction crew works on the CloudHQ data center on July 17, 2024 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Report Highlights Community Pushback Stalling $64 Billion in Data Center Development Nationwide

By Charles Paullin

Utility workers service a power line in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

Alabamians Want Answers About a Four-Million-Square-Foot Data Center Coming to Their Backyards

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

A view of a data center, one of several in Loudoun County, similar to the proposed project in Fairfax County. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

In the World’s Data Center Hotbed, How Close Is Too Close, and Who Should Pay?

By Charles Paullin

Foes and Friends of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of Amazon Web Services data center situated near a neighborhood in Stone Ridge, Va. Northern Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Virginia Legislators Pushing to Use Taxpayer Funds for Natural Gas Projects

By Charles Paullin

A natural gas well pad is seen on a farm in West Bethlehem Township, Pa. on Sept. 6, 2024. Environmental advocates in the state fear that spiking data center demand will be powered by natural gas. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers Drive Higher Forecasts for Electric Demand in Pennsylvania, Sparking Climate Worries

By Jon Hurdle

Large electrical transmission lines are routed to Meta's data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Flexibility Will Go a Long Way Toward Managing the Grid of the Near Future, Researchers Say

By Dan Gearino

Naperville residents urged their City Council at a recent meeting to seek new providers of power after learning that 80 percent of the electricity for the city is sourced from coal plants. Credit: Courtesy of Hunter Byington

With Fossil Fuels’ Comeback, Can Climate Goals Get Back on Track in Illinois?

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Diesel-fueled generators sit between buildings at the Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

DeepSeek’s Emergence Shows the Power Sector’s AI Dreams May Not Proceed as Expected

By Dan Gearino

A view of the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, which supplies energy to grid operator PJM, in Stoney Beach, Md. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Industry Questions a New PJM Proposal That Could Move Fossil Fuel Projects to the Front of the Interconnection Queue

By Aman Azhar

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a news conference at the former U.S. Steel South Works site to discuss a massive quantum computing campus on Chicago’s South Side. Credit: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo

As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

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