The Public Service Commission approved a new rate structure for We Energies’ largest data center customers, requiring them to cover the full cost of new power generation and fuel.

Opinion: Maryland must choose a smart path to avoid the burdens communities in Virginia face from data centers, writes Todd ...

Advocates say a multi-pronged approach is needed to protect customers, pairing regulatory oversight with passage of the POWER Act by state lawmakers.

As Louisiana becomes a destination for multibillion-dollar technological investments in the rapidly-expanding data center ...

This paper quantifies the environmental externalities associated with electricity consumption by data centers in the United States, focusing on damages from local air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG ...

Wisconsin's Public Service Commission approved a new energy rate Friday, requiring data centers to pay 100% of their energy ...

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12% of total U.S ...

The Atlantic recently examined the growing environmental toll of artificial intelligence data centers, joining a wave of scrutiny over how the industry’s electricity appetite is straining power grids ...

In recent months, states across the country have shifted their approach to data center regulation. More than 300 data center-related bills have ...

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data ...

The Minnesota utilities set to power two proposed Google data centers near Rochester and Duluth say the massive computing facilities won’t raise regular customers’ electricity bills. There’s good ...