Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Anti-data center protests held in 7 Wisconsin cities

Several dozen Wisconsin residents and climate advocates protested the development of artificial intelligence data centers across seven cities Dec. 1 and 2. Protesters demanded local and state ...
WISN 12 NEWS

Wisconsin lawmakers propose a second bill to regulate data centers

ROUND OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW MOVES IN. COMING UP IN WEATHERWATCH 12 MARK. >> THANK YOU. DATA CENTERS AND THEIR MASSIVE ENERGY DEMAND. SO WHO SHOULD PAY? SOME STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING A NEW LAW ...
Forbes

The Data Center Effect: Critical Economic Shifts Leaders Can't Ignore

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Workers in a data center. Simple statistics have led to assertions that the artificial ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Anti-data center protesters arrested during Port Washington meeting

Three people were arrested at a City of Port Washington meeting Dec. 2 where protesters spoke out against a $15 billion artificial intelligence data center campus for tech giants OpenAI and Oracle.
CNBC

Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It's a bad sign for AI industry

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are pushing back againt the AI industry from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Rising electricity costs and risks to grid stability ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fight Over Making Data Centers Power Down to Avoid Blackouts

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...
Los Angeles Times

Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Big Tech’s aggressive expansion of data centers for AI is hitting a wall as communities organize campaigns ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two data centers eye open land in Foristell, at edge of St. Charles County

FORISTELL — More than 400 acres of pastures and woodlands could soon become the next flashpoint in the region's battle over data centers. Post-Dispatch photographers capture hundreds of images each ...
KSDK

Companies eye Foristell land for potential data centers

FORISTELL, Mo. — More than 400 acres of land in and around Foristell could one day be home to two possible data centers, as city leaders begin the earliest stages of discussion on how that land could ...
Los Angeles Times

AI investor focus flips to data centers as cloud giants pour billions into California facilities

Data storage companies dominated stock performance in 2025 as cloud giants pour billions into California data center expansion. Investors are shifting focus from chip makers like Nvidia to ...
Wall Street Journal

Data Centers

Automation Anywhere CEO: AI’s Real Value Lies in Applied Use, Not More Data Centers Mihir Shukla, Automation Anywhere CEO, speaks with WSJ Leadership Institute President Alan Murray and argues that ...
NPR

AI data centers use a lot of electricity. How it could affect your power bill

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...