The growing political power of anti-data center activists

From Arizona to Seattle, anti-data center activists are on a roll—and increasingly using elections to pressure politicians.

The Race to Rethink Data Centers for AI’s Power Surge

With energy demand already straining infrastructure, AI players are reimagining the data center from the ground up.

The data center construction boom

The race to build data centers is transforming the American landscape.
Forbes

From Data To Decisions: Powering The Energy Transformation

Energy companies are overcoming traditional hurdles by harnessing the power of data, cloud innovation, and human collaboration to reshape the industry. A powerhouse panel of industry experts came ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs Amber X. Chen | AAAS Mass Media Fellow Key takeaways: A.I. and data ...
The Atlantic

Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...
POWER Magazine

From Backup to Prime Power: How AI Data Centers Are Bypassing the Grid

Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a power cut, grid event, or natural disaster. But the critical ...
POWER Magazine

Data Centers and the Grid: Key Insights from POWER’s Inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange Summit

POWER breaks down the top insights from Data Center POWER eXchange, its unique one-day summit curated by POWER’s editorial team and convened to examine the collision between accelerating data center ...
AZ Central

Data centers guzzle Arizona's water and power. We calculated how much

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...
The New York Times

‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills

Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026? Democrats zeroed in on utilities and ...

TerraByte raises the curtain on its campaign to use AI to unleash the power of geospatial data

Microsoft veterans raise pre-seed funding for an AI platform that sifts through streams of satellite data in search of valuable insights.
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at ...