The city of Aurora is considering putting in place new regulations around data centers as its moratorium on these types of developments nears its end.

The development of data centers has boomed in recent years, with the United States accounting for about half of the world's ...

In the past year, Newton County has seen a rapid influx of requests from developers looking to build two very different but similarly objectionable types of projects: Data centers and convenience ...

Streaming shows, storing photos in the cloud and using social media — all of these require data centers. Why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them? Some ...

Environmental regulators last week said the “Project Washington” data center proposed by Starwood Digital Ventures doesn’t meet Coastal Zone Act regulations. It proposes using 516 diesel-powered ...

Data center projects are galvanizing attention in communities on both sides of the Mississippi River, as one project appears ...

These facilities use excessive amounts of electricity and water. Development plans are being discussed in Polk, Palm Beach, ...

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the ...

Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed legislation that would put a moratorium on data center construction.