WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

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Researchers studying data center impacts in Phoenix, Arizona, found that they can raise nearby air temperatures by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius). Reading time 3 minutes As data ...

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The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming ...

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Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...

A neighborhood in Ashburn, Virginia, is suddenly finding itself in the headlines after word got out homeowners were being offered $4 million each to sell for data center development. But some ...