Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

And that computing power has a big environmental footprint. A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 ...

A Giant New AI Data Center Is Coming to the Epicenter of America’s Fracking Boom

CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership for a data center built on a sprawling ranch in West Texas.
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As AI data centers multiply across the Mountain West, so do fears over water use

AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, ...