"If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as ...

Data center demand, both current and anticipated, has driven up operating costs for utility companies. That cost has been passed on to consumers, especially in areas with high data center activity. ...

Construction of new data centers in the U.S. fell for the first time since 2020 despite soaring demand for artificial-intelligence computing capacity, as developers face delays in permitting, zoning ...

As the data-center boom puts pressure on the grid, some companies say the answer isn’t just more power plants but software ...

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Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...