Artificial Intelligence

Data centers still enjoy favorability from state officials, but some are skeptical of corporate claims about water use.

AI technology expands in the Mountain West to reduce wildfires

They’ll notify one another when well projects are proposed within a mile of the shared state border. And the model may expand to neighboring states.

The U.S. already has about 3,000 data centers — and that number is expected to grow quickly in the coming years. A new report finds much of that growth is shifting away from cities and into rural areas, including in the Mountain West.

The Data Center Water Transparency Amendments require server farm developers to provide an estimate of future water use.

From the water concerns around the Colorado River to Artificial Intelligence in the classroom, elected officials will spend months studying a long list of state issues.

Topics included how to transition off of coal and how to respond to the AI data center boom.

Federal and Wyoming leaders look to widen tap from Meta and Microsoft.

But critics say the Trump administration’s request does little to hold big tech companies accountable

Tribes could lease land or sell power — and it might be a way to diversify some tribal economies