Researchers studying data center impacts in Phoenix, Arizona, found that they can raise nearby air temperatures by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius). Reading time 3 minutes As data ...

Ohio has seen a 22% increase in electricity bills, coinciding with its growth as a major hub for data centers. Experts and consumer groups debate the extent to which data centers are responsible for ...

'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary is looking to build a "hyperscale," 40,000-acre facility in northwest Utah, and locals are pissed Patrick Belmont, professor of watershed sciences at Utah State ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital and hedge funds, has a new plan to generate bigger returns on AI beyond its sizable stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and data center companies like ...

Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How will that change our politics? Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Getty Images Nearly 20 years ago, Google made a commitment to the environment — one it appears to be in the process ...

Google Photos has a tool called "Clean up this day." It gives you a Tinder-style, swipe left/swipe right interface to keep or delete photos. It could be a huge time saver for people organizing their ...

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Have you ever wondered why your C: drive fills up so quickly, even after allocating 100 GB or more of storage to it? Running low on storage can prevent ...

Across the United States, communities are pushing back against data centers. Residents have questions: Will a data center drive up electricity prices? Strain the local grid? Consume scarce resources?