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Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

The Blue Jay solar and storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images.

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

By Arcelia Martin
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials visit Georgia’s Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant construction site in 2021. Credit: NRC

It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin

By Carrie Klein
Firefighters battle against a burning apartment complex in Paradise as a late-season wildfire in northern California burns 20,000 acres on Nov. 9, 2018. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

AI Can Help Limit the Spread of Misinformation During Natural Disaster, Study Finds

By Ryan Krugman
Soluna’s Project Dorothy data center in Texas. Credit: Soluna

How a Data Center Company Uses Stranded Renewable Energy

By Arcelia Martin
Brad Kaaber, a representative of the proposed data center developer, speaks to zoning commissioners during a Tuesday meeting in a room of residents opposed to the project. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers

By Lee Hedgepeth
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

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