As data centers sprout across the US, governor hopefuls look to ease voter fears
Candidates for governor are offering different visions for how to balance economic development with residents’ concerns over rising electricity demand, land use, and local control as data centers become a prominent issue in state politics. The facilities that power cloud computing and artificial intelligence have becom
Palantir lifts annual revenue forecast as data analytics spending booms
Aug 3 : Palantir Technologies on Monday raised its annual revenue forecast again, signaling strong demand for its data analytics software from government and commercial clients, sending its shares up 8 per cent in extended trading.Modern warfare and geopolitical uncertainty have prompted governments to invest in advanc
Nearly 1,900 U.S. public schools are within a mile of a data center
Arnco-Sargent Elementary School sits in a wooded area on a two-lane road about 50 miles south of Atlanta. Across the street is a child care center. A Baptist church is less than a mile away.
But if developers get their way, the school’s newest neighbor could be a sprawling data center campus housing the networking inf
Starting gun for Central Asia data center race triggered
Artificial intelligenceSaudi-backed Uzbek project to open year-end; Nvidia-supported Kazakh campus takes shapeSaudi Arabia-backed TAS-1 is being built in Tashkent by DataVolt and its first phase will be completed by year-end. (DataVolt)YEVGENIYA MIKHAILIDIAugust 3, 2026 10:53 JSTTASHKENT/ISTANBUL -- The race to build d
Resistance grows nationwide against AI data center boom
To fuel their artificial intelligence initiatives, tech companies are building massive numbers of AI data centers, with more than 4,000 in operation across the country. But some communities, wary of the environmental and financial implications of such facilities in their backyards, are fighting back. "Sunday Morning" n
