A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.

I’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed AI data centers.

CHARLESTON – A data center and microgrid project first approved by West Virginia economic development officials in 2023 in Mason County is undergoing a change of hands. In an announcement Monday, Cali...

Surrounded by facilities in a town with fast planning applications and faster data links, local people say their quality of life is being ruined by strange and unsettling noise pollution. Brenna Spain...

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Trump: "You're gonna see that data centers are gonna be very popular"

Satellite imagery shows what was once farmland and desert taken over by warehouselike structures.

“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out."

Communities across the US are wooing data centers with tax breaks and other incentives. But data centers are resource-ravenous, creating demands for land, water, and power that many host communities…

The problems of technology were there before Trump and will be there after.

A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon. Another is proposed for Idaho.

Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.

Data centers will not make Appalachian Ohio a “benefit zone,” but a sacrificial zone. Appalachian Ohio doesn’t exist to be recklessly exploited by politicians and industry, and after so many decades o...

Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows

Report says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust.

A Pennsylvania developer offered households $10,000 to support a new data center, but many residents remain worried about its impact.

The problems of technology were there before Trump and will be there after.

Days after Spanish Fork City Council paved the way for Volition's data center proposal at mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, the company picked a new warehouse site near Utah Lake.

As more data centers come online, more pollution gets added to the atmosphere and puts human health at risk.

The largest coming data center is a city-sized Texas campus designed to have up to 11 gigawatts of power capacity. See the other giant ones planned.