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Data centers will take up 80% of Georgia's new energy. What happens to our bills?

As Georgia Power begins to submit contract proposals for data centers, some groups are concerned by the lack of transparency ...

New data centers could strain the grid — and your wallet

North Carolina communities are weighing data centers’ promises of jobs and revenue against risks of higher power bills, grid strain, and climate costs.

Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers could be bumped off grids during emergencies

As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering ...
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water — Companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

Data centers make up significant proportions of both companies’ water use. In 2023, Meta consumed 813 million gallons of ...
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AI Data Centers Are Coming for Your Land, Water and Power

Think of them as AI factories, churning out your responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the other generative AI tools ...
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a ...
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Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...