As the tech industry builds out data centers across the region, it’s creating jobs for electrical engineers for years to come. To that end, IBEW Local 26 has made diversity a focus as it readies ...

Business Insider's "The True Cost of Data Centers" series explores the impacts — on water, power, pollution, and local economies — of Big Tech's race to dominate a future built on AI.

For local governments, attracting data centers to their municipalities means a financial boon: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in 2024 that Virginia’s current data centers brought in $1 ...

Giant data centers are taking over the U.S. — and angering local residents There's controversy over a possible new data center in rural Davis, West Virginia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with ...

The AI explosion has triggered a boom in data center building, ... An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. ... these data centers are popping up anywhere where the local utilities can support them.

Partnering with a local data center can keep local businesses online, avoiding cash-only transactions in the middle of a disaster. In some cases Hawaii’s geographic isolation can be beneficial.