It’s a real power play. Gov. Hochul wants AI and other computer data centers that devour huge amounts of energy to pay more ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard.

Micron makes hardware components that are critical for AI data centers, and demand is exceeding supply, yet its stock is one ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — An influx of proposals for massive, hyperscale data centers to power artificial intelligence and other computing technologies dominated the headlines in 2025. There are no signs ...

Big Tech has come to town. Billion-dollar companies are in a race to build “hyperscale” data centers to fuel their push to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The rural ...

We use data centers every day. So why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

Beware the coming artificial-intelligence boom, says Gov. Kathy Hochul: The new tech will spawn “massive data centers” poised ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the body that will decide the Henry County Planned Unit Development. It is the Henry County Board of Commissioners. Three years ago, the ...

Project Jupiter is one part of Stargate, an enormous high-tech enterprise. But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for developers, ...

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