The reason the city of Frederick doesn’t currently permit new data centers goes back to at least 2022, when a developer inquired about using a site across from the Frederick Fairgrounds for a data ...

Google parent Alphabet said it will acquire Intersect, a data center company, for $4.75 billion in cash and the assumption of debt. Alphabet said the acquisition will help bring more data center and ...

It’s a digital gold rush as data center development sweeps through small-town America. As demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital storage surges, developers are racing to ...

The move is a reversal for Gov. Tina Kotek, who said last week she didn’t see a need for the centers to be exempted. One of Google's data center campuses near the Columbia River in December, 2022. The ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

3d rendered image, perfectly usable for all kinds of topics related to data and digital analytics. Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from ...