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News Analysis North Port Data Center Meeting: Residents Still Skeptical Water officials showed up to answer questions on a proposed North Port data center, but residents say they still don't have enough answers. September 6, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Texas Data Centers Are Booming. So Is the Water Question. As Texas adds data centers at a rapid clip, a basic question is surfacing: will there be enough water left for the people who… September 5, 2026 Read →

News Analysis SLB’s $4.1B Cooling Deal Shows AI’s Hidden Infrastructure Race Oilfield giant SLB is buying cooling specialist Kelvion for $4.1B, a sign that keeping AI data centers from overheating is now big business. September 1, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Alabama’s Data Center Boom: The Costs Nobody’s Tallying An Alabama op-ed warns of unaddressed costs from data centers. Here's why power, water, and tax questions deserve public scrutiny. August 23, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Data Centers’ Environmental Toll: The Known Unknowns A new WVXU report highlights how much about data centers' environmental footprint remains unclear—and why that gap matters to you. August 18, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Drought Puts a Spotlight on Hidden Data Center Water Use As drought grips Virginia, Prince William County is pushing to learn how much water local data centers actually use — and why that's been… August 17, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Rural Nevada Data Center Clears Another Hurdle A large data center proposed for rural Nevada has moved forward. Here's what that typically means for power, water, and local budgets. August 8, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Liquid Cooling’s Rise Signals Bigger, Thirstier Data Centers A market report projects big growth in data-center liquid cooling by 2035 — a sign AI campuses are scaling up fast. Here's what that… August 8, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Data Centers and the West’s Water Squeeze: What to Know A new commentary warns data centers could deepen Western drought. Here's the plain-language context on how data centers use water. August 7, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Why a Chinese Cooling Vendor’s PR Push Still Matters Here A vendor press release about liquid cooling innovations is a reminder: cooling tech shapes how much power and water your local data center uses. August 6, 2026 Read →

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