New data center construction projects are springing up across the United States, as the tech industry seeks to meet huge computing demand to power artificial intelligence and the massive volume of ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

CNBC is live from the site of OpenAI's Stargate Michigan data center project. OpenAI and Oracle held an official groundbreaking for the $16 billion Stargate campus in Saline Township, Michigan, on ...

Microsoft Word brought word processing to the masses. Then Google Docs pioneered real-time collaboration with our fellow humans. Now Google wants to usher in a new revolution: the AI collab—no typing ...

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...

Public opposition to data centers is hardening as overwhelming majorities of Americans now oppose construction of the facilities in their communities, according to a newly released Gallup survey. The ...

A new holographic storage technique uses light in three dimensions to dramatically increase how much data can be stored. It encodes information throughout a material using amplitude, phase, and ...

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SALINE TWP., MI — Michigan’s first hyperscale data center project in Saline Township has secured financing, Dallas, Texas-based development company Related Digital announced in a release. Financing ...

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 ...