A little over two years after Shelby County saw its first hyperscale data center, the Memphis City Council will weigh in on new zoning ordinances, or "guardrails," for future developments. The Council ...

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The organization, which is part of AI intelligence firm 10a Labs, also pointed to how the sheer number of active opposition groups has grown sharply, doubling year-on-year to 833 across 49 states. In ...

Data centers create new jobs, use significantly less water than golf courses and car washes, and don't drive up electricity rates. Data centers have become an essential part of powering our daily ...

It’s clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction. This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the “most blocked and delayed data ...

If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you’ve probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers’ insatiable thirst for water to power evaporative ...

The projects could potentially provide the power needed for large-scale data centers. City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow has raised concerns about the proposals paving the way for an AI data center. City ...

Massive data centers are popping up everywhere across the U.S. these days, including Meta's newest data center in Louisiana that's as big as 70 football fields. As AI expands its reach, the need for ...

A groundbreaking was held June 1 for the $16-billion Saline Barn, a data center project already under construction and cited by Detroit-based general contractor Walbridge as the single largest project ...

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Driven by the artificial intelligence boom, developers are planning to invest over $30 billion in large-scale data centers across Kentucky. These energy-intensive projects have raised environmental ...