The rapid expansion of data centers could take a toll on people's finances, health and livelihoods.

Microsoft has committed to “paying its way” to ensure its data centers will not ramp up residential utility rates, becoming ...

A new $100B data center is coming to the Northland, boasting economic growth and infrastructure upgrades. But at what cost?

A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of electricity to power artificial intelligence, and ordinary households are paying the price. It's a tidy ...

Data centers drove roughly 40% of PJM’s latest capacity auction costs, with billions tied to facilities not yet built but forecast to come online by 2027–28.

As Kansas City positions itself as a data center hub, it begs the question: what are the potential consequences?

Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that tech companies explain exactly how they plan to prevent data center projects from increasing electricity bills in communities where prices are already ...

The data-center boom is pushing electricity costs to the breaking point for PJM Interconnection — the country’s biggest grid operator, serving more than 65 million people from the mid-Atlantic coast ...

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

Since 2010, data centers in Virginia have not had to pay the state’s sales and use tax. At a rate of 4.3%, that foregone revenue adds up: Over the past decade, data centers have been exempt from ...