In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

A new holographic storage technique uses light in three dimensions to dramatically increase how much data can be stored. It encodes information throughout a material using amplitude, phase, and ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

Wisconsin is becoming a popular location for data centers due to its climate, water access, and affordable land. The majority of a data center's water footprint comes from the offsite electricity ...

(TNS) — A new state report warns that the boom in data centers and other “large-load” customers in Arizona poses a challenge to grid reliability and electric rates. The Governor’s Office of Resiliency ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Panel members at the University of Scranton are discussing the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence and data centers. Community members gathered at "The High Cost of AI" ...

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.

Joliet is one step closer to hosting what could become Illinois’ largest data center campus — even as residents packed a public hearing to oppose it. The project would span 24 buildings built across ...

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...