Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. In early October, one hand after another shot up across a packed room at Matthews Town Hall, where more than 100 ...

LOUDOUN — When Julia Mason moved into her new home in Loudoun Meadows six years ago, the community was less than 10 years old, and the view across Quail Ridge Lake was a farm, with woods and a red-and ...

Residents fear data centers will raise utility bills and strain resources Local opposition unites farmers, environmentalists and homeowners across party lines Pennsylvania utilities project sharp rise ...

The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash. Critics of data centers that power artificial intelligence are writing a playbook ...

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...

For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add ...

Just before her victory this fall, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill jabbed at nearby Virginia, which also had a governor’s race, over its booming data center market. “Right now, we need to produce ...

DEFOREST, Wis. — Another proposed data center in Wisconsin is in the works. Virginia-based QTS Data Centers on Tuesday announced it will partner with the Building Trades Council of South Central ...

The Trump administration’s data center push is spurring concerns about energy prices and environmental impacts. The administration has embraced data centers, which house the computers and ...

Communities across the U.S. are concerned about the environmental impact and rising utility costs associated with new data centers. Local governments are enacting zoning ordinances to gain more ...

MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...

Brookfield Corporation sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in building infrastructure to support AI. The global investment firm and its affiliates are investing heavily in the ...