The Ohio EPA is considering allowing data centers without access to sewer systems to dispose of water used to cool servers into lakes and streams.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) has released a draft general NPDES permit (OHD000001) that would allow data centers across the state to discharge wastewater and stormwater into ...

The Trump administration has begun prioritizing the review of new, potentially hazardous chemicals used in data centers that public health advocates and environmental attorneys warn could endanger ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

Tensions over a proposed 67-mile transmission line have rocked Maryland's farming communities, as the nation’s largest grid operator says data centers are driving power demands. MT. AIRY, Md. — ...

A proposed 4.4-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant south of Homer City, intended to power a nearby data processing center, is drawing scrutiny over its possible massive water demands on a local ...

As more plans for data centers are being proposed throughout Pennsylvania, many questions remain unanswered surrounding what impact those data centers could have on things like electric and utility ...

Data centers are the backbone of the digital age, housing the servers and networking equipment that power everything from cloud computing to streaming services. As these facilities grow in size and ...

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...