AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills.

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...

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MACON, Ga. — When you store photos, documents, music, movies and other online files in the “cloud,” where exactly does it go? The “cloud” can sometimes feel like an imaginary idea– a place where our ...

Consumers see data centers as the energy-hungry culprits behind rising energy prices. Utilities see data centers as large customers who could help finance grid upgrades. As the data center boom ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County officials are holding a town hall meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss a set of proposed regulations for data center construction. According to the provisions, ...

Energy experts say Michigan's electrical grid can handle current demand, but as more data centers set up shop, the state may need more power and updated transmission to keep the lights on. "It's an ...

SummaryIn data-center terms, scaling out involves linking computers, while scaling up packs more GPUs into a computer, ...