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Mapped: The Massive Network Powering U.S. Data Centers
Loudoun County, Virginia holds nearly 6 GW of operating and under-construction data center capacity — more than any other U.S. county — with 6,300 MW more planned. An NREL map […]
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‘Unlike Anything We’ve Seen’: The Energy Industry is Counting on the AI Boom – POLITICO
U.S. utilities anticipate AI-driven data centers will account for half of electricity demand growth through 2030, reversing two decades of flat load. Regulatory uncertainty from the Trump administration — canceling […]
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Helium Crisis Delays AI Data Centers 6 Months, Boosts Storage 20%
Qatar helium shortages idle ASML EUV lithography tools, cutting TSMC and Samsung chip output 30% and delaying AI server builds six months. Grid storage demand rises 20% as hyperscalers turn […]
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Water Impacts ǀ State Policy Toolkits for Data Center Regulation – Climate XChange
Climate XChange reviews over 140 data center bills across 34 states and compiles state-level policy tools to address water consumption, wastewater impacts and rising rates. Highlights bills from West Virginia, […]
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Ignore Data Center Water Consumption at Your Own Peril – Uptime Institute Blog
This Uptime Institute analysis details how traditional data center cooling towers consume roughly 6.75 million gallons of water per megawatt per year through evaporation, blow down, and drift. While newer […]
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The Unequal Burden of Data-Centers: An Examination of the Environmental and Public Health Impacts on Communities in California
In California, 82 percent of data centers sit in communities with poor air quality, 65 percent in areas facing the worst groundwater threats and 79 percent near high hazardous waste […]
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Data Center Boom Risks Health of Already Vulnerable Communities | TechPolicy.Press
A spatial analysis of California data centers finds the median pollution burden score at their locations is 7 out of 10 — in the top 20 percent of the state's […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms