Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions ...

Table of Experts: How AI is reshaping data centers — Legal, operational, and environmental insights

In a recent roundtable discussion, Albany Business Review publisher, Walter Thorne, sat down with David P. Flynn, Partner at ...

Does Minnesota law protect residents from data center costs?

Minnesota's new law aims to prevent Google data centers from raising electricity bills for regular customers, a problem seen in other states.
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The hidden costs of North Carolina’s data center boom

The windowless buildings rising across North Carolina look more like warehouses than engines of climate change. They have no smokestacks and no obvious emissions. But inside, thousands of servers run ...
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Connecticut offered big data center tax breaks. Only one has taken them

There are an estimated 50-plus data centers in Connecticut, although they are smaller.

Regulators OK ComEd’s plan to increase deposit costs for large-load projects like data centers

The Illinois Commerce Commission ruled that Commonwealth Edison may implement new tariff provisions for data centers, meant ...
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Precedent-setting Pa. rate case would protect residential electricity customers from data center costs in PPL territory

It’s the first time a Pennsylvania utility agreed to shield average ratepayers from data center costs. Data centers will pay $11 million for low-income rate relief.