This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jesse Brooks, a 35-year-old videographer who lives in Fayetteville, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. It has been edited for length and clarity. The ...

Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the ...

For years companies have treated customer data privacy as a defensive necessity, something to manage quietly through legal reviews, compliance checklists, and dense privacy notices. The assumptions ...

China’s leading tax and financial authorities are urging banks to incorporate blockchain technology to bolster their credit facilities and data transparency. China’s tax and financial regulators on ...

Maine is poised to freeze large data-center construction, which would make it the first state to enact such a measure as communities across the U.S. grapple with fallout from the boom in artificial ...

Residents in one South Jersey community are very upset about the possibility of a data center being built in their neighborhood. The controversy stems from language in an ordinance for Monroe Township ...

In the blockchain world, an oracle is a system that connects smart contracts to external data sources. Smart contracts, self-executing agreements written in code, operate within the blockchain but ...

The conflict in the Gulf has now claimed several new victims: data centers. This marks a sea change in warfare and will force tech companies to reevaluate their posture around national defense.

A group of Ohio residents is proposing a constitutional amendment to block most new data center projects. The amendment would prohibit data centers with a peak load over 25 megawatts, impacting many ...

Elon Musk’s xAI has lost its bid for a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily blocked California from enforcing a law that requires AI firms to publicly share information about their ...

Ohio lawmakers are considering overriding Gov. Mike DeWine's veto to eliminate a sales tax exemption for data centers. Proponents of removing the tax break argue it's no longer needed to attract data ...

Hong Kong is doubling down on its role as China’s financial bridge, signing a new agreement with Shanghai authorities to build cross-border blockchain rails for cargo trade and trade finance. The ...