Amazon, Microsoft, and Google’s push to create data centers in some of the world’s driest areas threatens to deepen a looming ...

Data centers are infamous for excessive water use - and with two new data centers on the way, many are concerned about water ...

Endless emails, map requests, web searches, and everything else we do online requires the use of energy-hungry, water-guzzling data centers. For Google, that enormous thirst for water is causing ...

The Colorado River is shrinking. Groundwater levels are dropping. And in Phoenix, a new analysis shows more people are living ...

Questions about the quantities of water needed to keep data centers cool has become another point of contention in the debate over the industry’s explosive growth in Minnesota.

City Council will consider a substantial expansion of the city’s artificial intelligence oversight, incorporating detailed ...

Google’s carbon-intelligent platform was developed in 2020 as the company began shifting the timing of workloads within data centers to match their energy use to the availability of more green ...

Researchers can paint a rough picture; Google, Microsoft ... of it in the first place. Some data centers are using special HVAC systems, which decrease water usage even as they add to the ...

That water use isn’t nearly as dramatic as the electricity needed for the data centers planned in Minnesota, which could surpass the usage of every home in the state. But planning commissioners ...