Energy is the largest operational expense for terrestrial data centers, often accounting for 40% to 60% of annual costs. Hyperscale facilities can spend $5 to 10 million per year on electricity alone.

Consumers see data centers as the energy-hungry culprits behind rising energy prices. Utilities see data centers as large customers who could help finance grid upgrades. As the data center boom ...

From L.A. to Saudi Arabia to Dallas, BD+C is highlighting three cutting-edge data centers that redefine security, efficiency, ...

As AI-driven power demand accelerates, geothermal energy is quietly moving from conceptual promise toward early execution: ...

Electricity bills are rising around the US, but they're rising even more sharply in areas located near data centers, according to an investigation into power costs by Bloomberg. The price of wholesale ...

Power lines extend north from Wildlands Conservancy's South Mountain Preserve in Emmaus, with the PPL Building in Center City Allentown visible in the background, on Aug. 16, 2025. The Pennsylvania ...

Energy-starved AI workloads are driving companies to space, but analysts say the technology remains years from general ...

Arizona Public Service Co. wants to build a new natural gas plant near Gila Bend. The plant will be built in two phases. One will meet rising statewide energy demand. The other will serve power-hungry ...

For decades, data centers were designed with permanence in mind: fixed plans, rigid shapes and predictable life cycles. Physical constraints of legacy architectures made them inherently static. But in ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a surge of data center construction across the United States, and rural communities are feeling the impact. Reading time 4 minutes Elena Schlossberg and ...