Trump expands voluntary pledge to curb data center utility costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to…
America In Focus: US inflation cooled in June, but AI build-out poses latest threat
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over…
New York to block new data centers in country’s first statewide moratorium
NEW YORK (AP) — New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up…
Massive AI buildout poses inflation threat as consumers pay more for electricity
WASHINGTON — American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache. The…
Massive AI buildout poses the latest inflation threat for consumers and the Fed
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache.…
Extreme heat adds to strains on data centers and tensions in host communities
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Eileen Castle’s swimming pool, one of the only ones for blocks around, was once…
UN chief calls on companies to disclose energy and environmental impact of AI use
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon…
Regulators back Trump plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the…
Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman agree on public ownership in AI
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was perhaps a surprising private overture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Sen. Bernie…
AI and data centers leave goliath-sized environmental footprints globally
WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according…
Ohio suspends tax break for data centers needed to power AI
Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been…
Building trades unions join forces with tech giants in AI data center push
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker —…