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Cornell Chronicle12 months ago
‘Roadmap’ shows the environmental impact of AI data center boom
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Earth Journalism Network12 months ago
What Data Center Giants Aren’t Saying About Their Water Use in India
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WPR12 months ago
Data center ‘statewide guardrails’ proposed under Wisconsin bill
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AZoM12 months ago
Building Sustainable Data Centers: Innovations in Materials and Energy Use
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finance.yahoo.com12 months ago
Vertiv ( VRT ): Evaluating Valuation After AI - Fueled Growth , New NVIDIA Partnership , and Advanced Data Center Solutions
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spacewar.com12 months ago
Eyes turn to space to feed power - hungry data centers
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wydaily.com12 months ago
Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power
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mesabitribune.com12 months ago
Faribault residents speak out against proposed datacenter
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milwaukeecourieronline.com12 months ago
Data Center Secrecy is Unacceptable - Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper
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minnpost.com12 months ago
Great Lakes confront data center energy , water demands
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Inside Climate News12 months ago
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out
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slguardian.org12 months ago
Banks Lend $18 Billion to Fund Oracle - Linked AI Data Center Campus
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businessdailynetwork.com12 months ago
Meta pledges over $600 billion investment in US AI data centers by 2028
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theadvocate.com12 months ago
Meta inks LA solar deal for huge AI data center | Environment
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dailycaller.com12 months ago
Big Tech Reportedly Gobbles Up Land For Massive Data Center In Suburbs
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finanzen.ch12 months ago
Meta Unveils $600 Bln U . S . Investment To Boost AI Data Centers And Workforce
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kpbs.org12 months ago
With the rise of AI , California data centers require more water , energy . But by how much ?
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enr.com12 months ago
Mortenson Deposits a Wealth of Know - How in Data Center Duct Bank
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therealdeal.com12 months ago
Digital Realty Buys Site for Data Center in LA Suburb Vernon
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newsnationnow.com12 months ago
Family fight against a controversial AI data center in Hays County , Texas ends
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webpronews.com12 months ago
Google Crab - Infested AI Fortress : Inside the Secret Military Data Center on Christmas Island
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Manufacturing Today12 months ago
Nortek Data Center Cooling’s custom solutions are a breath of fresh air in the data center landscape
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Detroit Free Press12 months ago
AI, other data centers are coming to Michigan — and they need a lot of energy and water
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Scranton Times-Tribune12 months ago
Jessup re-amends data center zoning, sets new hearing for Breaker Street
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Reuters12 months ago
Meta plans $600 billion US spend as AI data centers expand
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hngnews.com12 months ago
QTS addresses potential impacts of DeForest data center plan
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Data Center Dynamics12 months ago
Q3 2025 colo results: Equinix, Digital Realty, American Tower, and Iron Mountain
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Construction Dive12 months ago
Vantage plans $2B Virginia data center project
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The Daily Cardinal12 months ago
Wisconsin’s latest data center battleground
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W.Media12 months ago
Vantage Data Centers to build 192 MW data center at US$ 2 billion in Virginia’s Fredericksburg
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The Real Deal12 months ago
Digital Realty drops $9M per acre on Vernon data center site
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Kansas Reflector12 months ago
Lawsuit delays $12B data center in Kansas City as community, environmental group voice concerns
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wisn.com12 months ago
Wisconsin state lawmakers propose bill regulating data centers
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wdio.com12 months ago
Developer Deep Dive : Who could be behind the Hermantown Data Center Plans ?
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thestar.com.my12 months ago
OpenAI does not want government guarantee for massive AI data center buildout , CEO Altman says
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potomaclocal.com12 months ago
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces $2 Billion Vantage Data Centers Investment in Stafford County
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weau.com12 months ago
AI Data Centers continue plans to expand in Wisconsin , lawmakers hold hearing
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Agenda WatchPast 12 months ago
On the agenda: Frederick Government Operations Committee - Nov 06, 2025 — Data Center (Nov 6)
The published agenda for the November 6, 2025 meeting contains: "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
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circleofblue.org12 months ago
Wisconsin Data Center Water Usage and Its Effects
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel12 months ago
Wisconsin lawmakers propose data center water and energy use transparency bill
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Atlanta News First12 months ago
Walton County town approves rezoning land near city for use as data center despite citizen uproar
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Data Center Dynamics12 months ago
Microsoft and G42 expand data center capacity plans in UAE by 200MW
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WGXA12 months ago
Jones County commissioners rescind data center zoning ordinances, avoiding legal challenge
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Data Center Dynamics12 months ago
Digital Realty buys land in Los Angeles for 32MW data center
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Power Engineering12 months ago
Williams pushes deeper into power generation as data center demand accelerates
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Yahoo Finance12 months ago
CoreWeave Is Building a Massive New Data Center. Should You Buy CRWV Stock Here?
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KWCH12 months ago
Kansas regulators OK plan to shield home power bills from data center costs
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Yahoo Finance12 months ago
Atlas Compute Secures Land and Utilities for 240 MW AI Data Center Campus in Central Florida with 1 GW Expansion Capacity
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Fuel Cells Works12 months ago
ATS Energy Secures Commercial Deal for Megawatt Solid-State Generator
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Virginia Business12 months ago
Vantage Data Centers to invest $2B on Stafford campus
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Georgia Public Broadcasting12 months ago
Jones County rescinds zoning ordinances around data centers due to legal issues
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Prince William Times12 months ago
Planning commission rejects another data center pitched near GMU Manassas campus
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Community Impact12 months ago
Proposed Skybox data center moves forward in Round Rock
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Business Wire12 months ago
Conduit Power Executes the Purchase of 250 MW of Power Generating Equipment for 2027 Data Center Deployments in Texas and Wyoming
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Heatmap News12 months ago
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
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capradio.org12 months ago
With the rise of AI, California’s data centers require more water, energy. But by how much?
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Lenovo StoryHub12 months ago
Traditional Data Centers ‘Not Fit for Purpose,’ Say Half of EMEA IT Leaders, as AI and Energy Pressures Collide
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The Daily Cardinal12 months ago
Wisconsin's new AI data centers spark transparency, environmental concerns
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Food & Water Watch12 months ago
No More New Data Centers!
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bubblear.com12 months ago
U . S . Data Center Market to Hit USD 3 , 81 , 750 . 98 Mn by 2035 , Growing at 10 . 65 % CAGR – DC Market Insights – The Bubble
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