Despite recent news of data center development in Michigan, the development boom is much more dramatic in Illinois and Ohio, two states that account for half of all operational facilities […]
A plan is underway to build a massive artificial intelligence data center in Washtenaw County’s Saline Township to support OpenAI. A chief criticism of data centers has been their high […]
The Huron River winds through woods in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, where thousands of residents fish, canoe and swim. A proposal aims to add a 300,000-square-foot data center with a 20-acre […]
An $8 billion data center campus is coming to Port Washington, Wisconsin. The city’s common council unanimously approved the development in August, despite dozens of residents sharing their concerns over […]
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An $8 billion data center campus is coming to Port Washington, Wisconsin. The city’s common council unanimously approved the development in August, despite dozens of residents sharing their concerns over […]
An environmental group is suing the City of Racine, Wisconsin, to disclose projected water use at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center, one of the first moves in what will likely […]
Given society’s growing interest in AI, the data center industry will likely continue its rapid expansion. But without a consistent and transparent way to track water consumption over time, the […]
Artificial intelligence data centers consume massive amounts of water for cooling servers and generating electricity. It is currently unknown exactly how much water these centers are already withdrawing from the […]