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COWETA, Okla. — After months of controversy, plans for Project Atlas in Coweta were finally scrapped by Beale Infrastructure at the end of March. Three months later, even though the data center is no ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A proposal for a potential data center in Lakeland has been submitted for review, a city official said. According to Lakeland city records, the data center, titled “Project ...

As widespread public skepticism surrounds a growing number of data center projects in New Mexico to support artificial intelligence, Oracle is launching a new ad campaign touting the economic, ...

NEW FLORENCE, Mo. — In the quiet town of New Florence, Missouri, residents say they can already hear the future moving in. “Listen, you can hear the bulldozers running down there right now,” longtime ...

The Claremore City Council approved plans Monday night for “Project Mustang,” a proposed multi-phase data center development in the city’s industrial park after hours of public debate from residents ...

A massive data center project planned in Mesa is moving forward. Mesa Planning Commission members cast their votes on May 13 in a quiet and nearly empty chamber, ending a 10-minute meeting with a ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Happening on Thursday, another neighborhood meeting is expected to be packed as residents will hear more about Project Taurus. For those community members looking to ...

Building a plant to power the data center is intended to ensure the project won’t strain the local grid and hike electricity costs for nearby residents, as has happened in other areas with AI data ...

Many Americans don't like the AI data centers popping up in their communities, though Kevin O'Leary thinks that's because they don't fully understand them. O'Leary, the venture capitalist and "Shark ...

Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to ...

Maricopa County supervisors approved a military compatibility permit in a four-to-one vote for Project Baccara, a West Valley data center. Residents voiced strong opposition over environmental impacts ...