Doug Sevey, a data center owner, went viral after speaking out against a proposed Google data center in the Palo, Iowa, area.

Google reported that its annual electricity consumption rose by 37 percent in 2025—the largest increase in the company’s ...

A new environmental review says preliminary construction work could begin next year, pending permit approvals.

Google plans major expansion of Alabama data center campus - which could be backed up with nuclear power.

Residents living in the shadow of a Google data center say the facility’s thirst for water is turning a shared resource into a private asset, with fallout they describe as “really bad” for local ponds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steph Quinn / Missouri Independent A $5 million federal pandemic recovery grant helped Montgomery County prepare a rural ...

Another data center is in the works to be built in the Texas Panhandle area. Google and Intersect on Thursday, June 4 announced construction of the Meitner Energy Center, which includes a new data ...

Google purchased 312 acres at Botetourt Center at Greenfield in June 2025 for data center development. The company plans to invest at least $3 billion and hire 150 employees by 2030 under a county ...

WEST MEMPHIS -- This east Arkansas city might seem like an unlikely place for Elon Musk and Google to be scrambling for a data center site. But they were, until Musk backed out. "As soon as Musk went, ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) announced today it will power a new Google data center in Pine Island, Minnesota. The data center and associated Electric Service Agreement ...

Two coolant distribution units in a server aisle at the New Albany data center campus in central Ohio help keep servers cool to keep them operating efficiently. (Photo Courtesy/Google) CHARLESTON – ...