With data centers cropping up around the United States, the cost of the energy infrastructure on which they rely, and who pays for it, are among the country’s most debated economic and political questions. A new study finds that in 2025, the rising energy costs associated with AI data centers landed hardest on lower-income, rural…
The Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterm elections on Tuesday could buoy opponents of data centers in some parts of the U.S. and slow the spread of the controversial facilities, according to Wall Street analysts. As of Wednesday afternoon, voters had approved 38 ballot measures restricting data centers in communities across California, Illinois, Maine, Ohio,…
London — Cyberattacks on grocery store refrigeration systems across Europe sent temperatures soaring on Monday, spoiling food and causing significant financial losses in the second such incident in less than a month. In October, hundreds of French stores were targeted in a similar attack that sent temperatures in some units soaring to 122° Fahrenheit, destroying…
The corporate technology giants building data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom are changing America’s natural landscape. Although data centers long predate generative AI, hundreds of massive, or “hyperscale,” facilities are now sprouting up around the country. Many of these data centers are going up in areas that were once farmland or desert, according…
The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he announced a new raft of sanctions against Iran was apocalyptic. The measures are part of the Trump administration’s plan to use economic pressure to force Iran to capitulate, to bring an end to the nearly six-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The…
