A 235-kilovolt power line towers over farm buildings near where the local power utility plans to build a 500-kilovolt power line on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. In an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ongoing ABC7 I-Team investigation into the data center debate continues. One local utility says it has a plan to help lower electric bills for consumers concerned about rising ...

North Carolina’s push to attract data centers and power the artificial intelligence boom is colliding with a simpler question for households: Who will pay for the electricity infrastructure needed to ...

In an effort to quell blowback on data centers, President Donald Trump announced at a White House roundtable on Wednesday the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a set of nonbinding promises that Big Tech ...

Some cities and towns are investing in water and sewer lines to support data center growth. Who’s looking out for utility customers? Soaring electric bills are sparking grassroots anger at data ...

AI data centers are driving environmental concerns as surging electricity, water, and infrastructure demands strain local ...

When most of us think about climate change and public health in Montana, we think of wildfire smoke, drought or rising temperatures. But another issue is quietly entering the conversation: data ...

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data ...

In an effort to tackle rising electricity rates connected to the expansion of data centers, a recently proposed Pennsylvania rate case settlement includes provisions to protect residential and small ...