• Invest in data readiness. Informatica’s CDO survey notes that data quality and readiness (43%), technical maturity (43%) and skill shortages (35%) are the top obstacles to AI success. Winning ...

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Lawmakers are investigating whether AI companies are offloading massive energy infrastructure costs onto residential utility customers. Data centers are responsible for the majority of projected ...

Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing fights in communities ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Big Tech’s aggressive expansion of data centers for AI is hitting a wall as communities organize campaigns ...

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Giant AI data centers are causing some serious and growing problems – electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in arid regions), reliance on destructive and human rights-abusing mining ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Hexagon’s Mining division has signed an agreement with Montana Technological University granting access to the university’s Underground Mine Education Center, including its ...

Donna Marbury is a journalist and award-winning social media and content strategist specializing in healthcare, technology, smart cities and culture. From software-defined factories to artificial ...

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the ...