How data centers can learn to turn off and help the grid By Jason Plautz | 08/19/2025 06:36 AM EDT Using less electricity as a response to high demand had been a nonstarter for big tech companies.

A closer look at how AI data centers may impact electricity bills and how utility costs are paid by tech companies and customers.

The centers use water both directly and indirectly to produce electricity.

The race to build AI infrastructure is draining power grids and water supplies. But with the right innovation, tomorrow’s data centers could clean the air, grow food, and power entire communities.

A draft agenda has not been released, but city leaders have said they intend to hold a public hearing and to vote on a proposed data center in St. Charles.

Meta’s data center in the Northland is operational as of Wednesday, Aug. 20. The center broke ground in 2022.

Blueprint Data Centers – an emerging data center company based in Austin, Texas – announced plans for its first 85 megawatts of capacity at two facilities in the Lone Star State.

Port KC approved a $10 billion bond for a 500-acre data center in Kansas City's Northland and is moving forward with a separate data center proposal near KCI.

Electricity rates for individuals and small businesses could rise sharply as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other technology companies build data centers and expand into the energy business.

American Electric Power is hoping to develop a fuel cell-powered data center in the Hilliard area that will rely on a natural gas pipeline to be built by a West Virginia company and its Ohio ...

The unanimous vote to enact a year-long moratorium on data center construction happened at a city council special session on Tuesday.