Compared with many major industries, the environmental footprint of AI data centers is still relatively small.

The Portuguese company Águas do Douro e Paiva (AdDP) is investing nearly €300,000 ($342,000) in the construction of a new ...

Pollution from Virginia's many data centers could cause respiratory symptoms and deaths in the region, analysis of state permits and corporate disclosures shows.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy has played an active role in the discussion of proposed hyperscale data centers, raising concerns about project impacts on water resources, energy ...

In April, environmental activist Erin Brockovich launched a website for Americans to report issues with data centers in their ...

Nashville lawmakers are pushing to restrict large-scale data centers amid mounting concern over environmental impacts.

A new study analyzing satellite data from dozens of AI data center sites found that these facilities raise land surface temperatures by an average of 2 degrees Celsius in surrounding areas, with ...

IMPERIAL, Calif.—The new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways. For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the ...

When SpaceX filed an FCC application earlier this year to launch a million satellite data centers into space, the company said that the plan wouldn’t have any environmental impact. But researchers say ...