From AI to cloud computing, data centers power today's digital world. Learn about their function and why companies are racing to build more of them.

The Cowboy Space team has plans for vertically integrated infrastructure spanning launch vehicles, space-based power and in-orbit compute. Credit: Cowboy Space TAMPA, Fla. — Cowboy Space, founded less ...

Our thermal drones exposed pollution from a massive AI data center powering the AI boom. We investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden ...

Microsoft reported a 25 percent jump in carbon emissions in 2025 as it sets out to grow its use of artificial intelligence ...

The tech giant says a breakthrough in data center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure. The new technology hinges on a “quasi-random ...

The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota ...