Hells Canyon,Oregon, Wednesday, April 26, 2023- The Snake River rushes through Hell's Canyon Dam as night falls. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The global economy runs on two ...

Steam from St. Joseph Energy Center, a gas-fired power plant, rises over New Carlisle, Indiana, where Amazon Web Services has built a data center. Photo @ J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue A six-decade ...

For more than three decades, I’ve worked at the intersection of resource extraction, land stewardship, water systems and emerging technologies. I’ve seen industries evolve, sometimes dramatically. I ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have developed a new electrolyte system that significantly boosts the energy-harvesting performance of twistrons, which are carbon nanotube yarns that ...

In 2026, water is emerging as one of the world’s most contested shared resources. Water is becoming the protagonist in a story of global disruption and leverage. Droughts can escalate into diplomatic ...

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...

Data centers are springing up across tropical Latin America, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Africa. But these facilities are often unlike those of the recent past. Today’s advanced data centers are ...

Northern Nevada has attracted investments from several tech companies looking to expand their data infrastructure, and while many of those data centers are located in and around Reno, tech companies ...