A group including BlackRock, Nvidia and Microsoft is buying Aligned Data Centers in an approximately $40 billion deal in an effort to expand next-generation cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

And that computing power has a big environmental footprint. A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, and the largest under development will consume 20 times more, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). They also suck up billions of gallons of water for systems to keep all that computer hardware cool.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

Poolside, an AI coding startup that only launched its first product a year ago, is partnering with CoreWeave Inc. to develop what would be one of the largest data centers in the US, the latest sign of an investment frenzy in infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

An investor group, which includes BlackRock , Nvidia , xAI and Microsoft , will buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co‑investors in a deal worth $40 billion.

CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership for a data center built on a sprawling ranch in West Texas.

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is set to build a $1.5 billion AI data center in El Paso.The facility will be constructed on a 1,083

Global data center power demand is surging, but only in the US are data centers the largest driver.

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would invest $1.5 billion in a data center in Texas, breaking ground at its 29th such facility globally, as the social media giant expands infrastructure to support artificial intelligence workloads.

The massive project could bring thousands of jobs, new tax revenue and millions of dollars in developer fees to Grayslake.

A new data center planned for Uptown Charlotte is moving ahead without a public vote or discussion, a process Councilmember LaWana Mayfield says needs to change.