We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among different facilities.

AI use is spreading unevenly, with wealthier countries, people with more skills and certain U.S. states more likely to benefit, according to new usage data from Anthropic. Why it matters: The data ...

In a bid to tamp down growing unrest in communities where tech giants are building power-hungry data centers, President Donald Trump said his administration would push Silicon Valley companies to ...

Think of them as AI factories, churning out your responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the other generative AI tools. The costs are staggering. Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She ...

A TechUK report that claimed datacentres in England use less water than previously thought has been accused of containing “methodological flaws” designed to appease tech lobbying in the UK. Foxglove, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia has over 600 data centers, by far the most of any state in the country. A state audit commission shows the state has 13% of the world’s computing capacity and a ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...