Artificial Intelligence

The Vice President of a new $1.2 billion data center explains how the power, water and economics of the center might affect Cheyenne.

The Trump administration is betting on coal to solve the growing electricity dilemma for powering AI. But Inside Climate News' Jake Bolster writes that it's a “19th century technology being used to solve a 21st century problem.”

Lower Valley Energy’s rate increase hit energy bills this month, driven in part by data center demand, experts say.

A new data center campus is currently under construction in Elyria-Swansea — a neighborhood already struggling with pollution from major highways and Colorado’s only oil and gas refinery.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly creeping into our lives. And in support of that super technology, nondescript data centers are popping up in cities, towns and even near cattle ranches. They require lots of power — creating new challenges for utilities.

AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, sparking concerns over water supplies.

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.

A student reporter for the Branding Iron wrote that AI use is harming the classroom experience and needs rethinking.

Bitcoin mining, tokenizing real-world assets, monetizing carbon dioxide and AI investments are just some of the many topics discussed during a recent week-long tech gathering in Jackson Hole. Wyoming also launched the first state-backed stablecoin.

Mayor Patrick Collins is confident that the project’s backers will be “good stewards.” He bets on it bringing more technology and business to help build a more diverse state economy.