I read Karmela Padavic-Callaghan’s article on storing data in glass with interest, but I couldn’t help but feel that such research is misdirected. In my long life, I have used many “ultimate” methods ...

Opponents of massive data centers protested before a vote by the New Castle County Council on new zoning regulations. (Sarah Mueller/WHYY) What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—State officials’ approval of a $4.5 million tax break for a Northeast Ohio data‑center expansion was met with a chorus of online criticism, given that the project will only create 10 ...

New data centers can lead to higher electric bills and lock in aging, outdated coal plants. But a Google project in Minnesota takes a different approach: The tech giant is paying to build enough clean ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

Google will build its first data center in Minnesota in a small town called Pine Island. The tech company will also bring 1,900 megawatts of new renewable energy to the state under an agreement with ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. In the past year, plans for two gargantuan data centers have been announced in New Mexico, and electric ...

Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.

Northern Virginia is ranked the world’s largest data center market, and local officials are looking to improve the public’s access to development information. Officials in Prince William County, which ...

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced Wednesday that it will ensure consumer electricity costs remain steady as it expands its data center footprint. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...

Washington – New research from the environmental advocacy group Food & Water Watch demonstrates that common claims of robust job creation from the ballooning data center industry are grossly inflated.