AI companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands to build data centers

Meta, Google, and BlackRock are funding apprenticeship programs and crash courses to staff a data center construction boom with no historical precedent

The future of artificial intelligence depends on finding more skilled humans for some very physical jobs.

From New York to Texas, state and local governments have heard the message: Their constituents are wary of data centers. Across the political spectrum, large numbers of Americans agree that these facilities should pay taxes, cover the bill for water and power upgrades, keep noise to a minimum, and employ locals at dece

Big Tech and local campaigners are going to war over data centers. But is the problem really so intractable, asks Joe Nocera.

July 27 : French telecoms operator Orange and infrastructure investor Morrison plan to create a data centre joint venture in France to expand capacity and meet rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services, the companies said on Monday.The 50-50 venture would target 400 megawatts of capacity, nearly 10 t

Protests over a data center complex in Johor state's southern tip — the epicenter of the boom — were the first of their kind in the country.