Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S.

Meta will essentially foot the power bill for the $27 billion mega data center it's building in Louisiana. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company struck a deal to fund the energy ...

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The AI race is triggering a Wall Street financing surge for massive data centers. Dealmakers are rewriting the financing playbook to raise eye-popping sums. Meet the power players moving tens of ...

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The rapid growth of data centers in recent years is increasingly causing angst among power operators. Power industry leaders want assurances that the electric grid is reliable, protected, and ...

ORANGEBURG — Signs of a backlash against America's data center boom flashed through a hot, crowded room where residents were lined up to speak out about the latest local project. In a pocket of ...

Entergy plans to build seven new natural-gas power plants to support Meta's expanded data center in Richland Parish. The utility and Meta will cover all costs, with no financial burden passed on to ...

March 31 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab, Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab and investment fund Engine No. 1 have entered into an exclusivity agreement for power generation and supply, the ...

The energy shock sparked by the Iran war is increasingly coming up in conversations about data center deals for Asian bankers, who have helped finance billions of dollars of artificial intelligence ...