Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge covering surveillance, the Department of Homeland Security, and the tech-right. When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state,

Data centers may be coming to your neighborhood as side installations associated with new homes—and in exchange would offer subsidized electricity and Internet access along with backup batteries to homeowners.

A second packed community meeting about the controversial Project Taurus data center is expected Thursday evening, as northwest Colorado Springs residents continue voicing opposition.

Residents in different states were curious why their water was being diverted to data centers instead of their homes in water-fraught communities.

A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data

Georgia’s data center surge is forcing new power lines, sparking homeowner backlash and eminent domain concerns in Fayette, Coweta and beyond.

Amarillo-based community and business leaders and other guests will dive into questions about data centers at an event May 21. RSVPs are required.

Democrats and Republicans in Hood County may have found some common ground: data centers. Residents, elected officials and political candidates packed a town hall meeting in Granbury Wednesday night to voice their concerns over the rapid expansion of Al-related data centers in the county.

A former industrial property in southeast Houston is being marketed as a major AI and hyperscale data center site, highlighting how Houston's energy infrastructure is becoming a s

Milwaukee's City Plan Commission removed items for a former Walmart redevelopment, sparking community concern over a data center.