Plans for a data center are underway in Perry Township — and at least one other location in Canton appears to be under consideration for development.

In a splashy event just outside Washington D.C., Microsoft vice chair Brad Smith laid out five big promises to address flagging enthusiasm about new data centers in communities. This included a commitment to pay more for electricity to ensure that data centers don’t drive up consumer electricity costs and a promise to create jobs for local residents.

Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.

Energy-guzzling data centers powering AI are in the hot seats as voter anger over surging electric bills becomes a major factor in midterm elections.

Shapiro traveled to Washington to sign a document with Trump administration officials urging significant changes to the way that the grid is managed for 13 mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states.

Hanover County Planning Commission voted against recommending a data center campus at Hunting Hawk Golf Club amid economic and environmental concerns.

A rezoning request for 613 acres in Franklin County is not explicitly tied to a data center—but many believe it’s coming.

The mainstreaming of AI is turning into a trillion dollar business, yet the two biggest data center real estate firms have lagged in public markets. Here’s why—and how they could catch up.

Page residents continue to protest a data center project proposed in their community on a parcel of land less than one mile from the iconic Horseshoe Bend.

Botetourt County residents came together this weekend to discuss the proposed Google data center planned for the area. The meeting was hosted by the Southwest Virginia Data Center Transparency Group and Botetourt Conservatives and Independent Thinkers,

ICE arrested two truck drivers on Wednesday during a traffic stop inspection of vehicles heading to a Meta construction project.