KELOLAND.com

What are data centers, and how do they work?

There has been plenty of discussion around data centers lately, especially with the possibility of one coming to Sioux Falls.

Sony patented AI-generated video game tutorials this year, and it sounds like a nightmare

Struggling in that PS5 game? Don't worry, a ghost player who can look like Yoda trained on YouTube, Twitch and social media ...
The Hill

Democrats press tech giants on data center energy use, rising electricity bills

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Ars Technica

Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that tech companies explain exactly how they plan to prevent data center projects from increasing electricity bills in communities where prices are already ...
MLive

At least 16 sites eyed for data centers in Michigan amid AI boom. Here’s where

Michigan may remember 2025 as the year of the data center. Developers have eyed at least 16 sites in 10 counties across the Lower Peninsula for the power-hungry server warehouses supporting artificial ...
The Shreveport Times

What is a data center? Here's what it does, why it matters

Data centers are facilities that house equipment to store, process and deliver large amounts of digital data. These centers power common online services like websites, cloud storage, streaming and ...
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The AI Boom Is Pushing Data Centers Past the Thermal Wall

The rapid deployment of high-performance computing and AI workloads is creating extreme thermal densities in data centers that conventional air-cooling systems can no longer efficiently manage. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José’s energy use. Who foots the bill?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the ...
NBC4 Columbus

Report links data center to rare cancers, raising questions about central Ohioans’ safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report linked Amazon data centers to miscarriages and rare cancers, drawing concerns about data centers’ presence in central Ohio. According to a report from Rolling Stone, ...
KSLA

Documents show proposed Shreveport data center would use 7.5 million gallons of water daily

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - City and parish documents reviewed by KSLA Investigates reveal more about the potential impacts of a proposed data center facility. A packet of documents from a Shreveport ...
Hazleton Standard Speaker

Municipalities react to planned data centers

Supervisors in Kline Twp.are looking for a bigger place to meet with Amazon Web Services about a data center after canceling a meeting on Dec. 8 because the crowd couldn’t fit inside the municipal ...