Iron Mountain's New Jersey data center will add a 23 MWh battery storage to pair with solar, boosting reliability and easing grid demand.

A year ago, Redwood Materials didn’t have an energy storage business. Now, it is the fastest-growing unit within the battery recycling and materials startup — a reflection of an AI data center ...

Data centers can increase energy costs in two main ways. They have to be connected to the grid, which can require extra transmission lines, new power generation resources and other infrastructure ...

When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the ...

As massive, resource-hungry data centers have proliferated across the U.S., a growing number of people have expressed concern ...

Water use is one of the most commonly cited concerns with data centers nationwide, but just how much water data centers use is a subject of emerging research, said Ramanitharan Kandiah, ...

Across red states and blue, a grassroots movement is pushing back on the unchecked growth of the artificial intelligence industry.

AI’s soaring energy demand is pushing Microsoft and Amazon toward nuclear power, reshaping data center strategy, electricity ...

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.

Gerville/iStock AI tools like ChatGPT, navigation apps and streaming platforms feel effortless, drawing information seemingly from thin air. Yet the infrastructure behind them is anything but ...

With several data centers planned for communities across the Miami Valley, some people are voicing concerns about the ...

What’s powering the AI boom may be reshaping more than just the tech economy.