As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, an activist said, “We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman ...

Philippe Laffont’s firm has launched “Next Frontier,” whose facilities will be meant for AI companies including Anthropic.

Three AI data centers are coming to Louisiana, and may use large quantities of water, energy and land. Here's how communities could be impacted.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.— Steve Alloy was preparing to develop 516 new homes in Bristow, Va., about five years ago when the home builder began noticing something odd. Much of the land surrounding ...

Two pieces of land in Rosemount have been bought by a group associated with Facebook parent company Meta for $70 million, according to two certificates of real estate value released late last week.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last August, citizens of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation began hearing whispers of an AI ...

(TNS) — More than 400 acres of pastures and woodlands could soon become the next flashpoint in the region's battle over data centers. Two data center developers are eyeing undeveloped land in ...

A new preprint from researchers at Cornell University estimates that AI data centers raise nearby land surface temperatures by an average of about 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit once they begin operating, ...