A data breach is a cyberattack, although not all cyberattacks are data breaches. A good example of this is a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS), which is a cyberattack where bad actors ...

Nearly all of the 20 state-run health insurance exchanges in the US have added advertising trackers that transmit user ...

The United States has more than 3,000 operational data centers, and that number is expected to grow substantially in the years ahead. More than 1,500 new data centers are in various stages of ...

Artificial intelligence data centers are driving up electric bills in New Jersey and straining local resources, according to a new report. The report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, a nonpartisan ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact in ...

AVK and Pure Data Centres’ microgrid-connected data center in Ireland could mark the region’s first step toward a privately powered ecosystem. Ireland eased its energy moratorium on data centers late ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—State officials’ approval of a $4.5 million tax break for a Northeast Ohio data‑center expansion was met with a chorus of online criticism, given that the project will only create 10 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers across the state to release untreated wastewater and stormwater ...

SpaceX is planning to launch a million satellites to operate as data centers. Elon Musk says it's the only way to scale data center construction. He says that within 30 to 36 months, space will be the ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now. City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple ...