data centers

South Dakota lawmakers will soon consider a bill which would offer companies tax incentives for data center development. Locally, rural residents worry such projects could drastically change the identity of their small communities.

Project Jade could eventually use the same amount of electricity as produced by 10 nuclear power plants, boosting Wyoming’s energy industry while challenging efforts to limit emissions and stressing water supplies.

New research highlights ways to make data center developers pay for adding demand to the power grid, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be accountable to the public.

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.”

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

The attorneys general allege Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are misleading customers about how much clean energy they’re actually using.

The Idaho National Laboratory is one of four sites selected to develop AI data centers because of their existing energy resources.

A new report shows the Mountain West needs to prepare for data centers, which are expected to demand massive amounts of energy and water. Experts say communities should adopt policies that prevent energy bills from rising and water supplies from shrinking.

The 2014 Wyoming Forum kicked off yesterday with a discussion of Wyoming’s tech scene between Governor Matt Mead and two prominent California…