What a data center boom looks like in the rural community that has already lived it. Big Tech is building big in rural America, where pastures, rivers and fields have become the newest frontier in the ...

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Data centers, which house computer systems that help train AI models, are blanketing the country, a boom fueled by surging interest in AI and state tax breaks. More than 4,000 are already in operation ...

This summer, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on “reforming defense acquisition to deliver capability at the speed of relevance.” Members asked senior defense acquisition executives ...

Trump says tech companies must “pay their own way” and not raise electricity costs for communities. Microsoft pledges to replenish water, avoid tax breaks, and protect local power rates. Opposition to ...

The Trump White House wants tech companies to publicly commit to ensuring that their data centers won’t raise electricity prices, stress local water supplies, or complicate grid reliability, Politico ...

Is there a let-up in the AI mania? Big Tech doesn't seem to think so. Microsoft and Meta this week took turns explaining why they see no sign of weakening interest in the AI they've bet their futures ...