Data centers are large, often nondescript buildings that house industrial-scale computer servers. Those servers connect us to social media, content streaming, cloud storage and more. Now, to help ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

Streaming shows, storing photos in the cloud and using social media — all of these require data centers. Why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them? Some ...