Artificial intelligence and its growing demand for data centers are putting new pressure on California's electric grid.

A proposal to build a 250,000 sq ft (23,225 sqm) data center in Monterey Park, California, is facing opposition from ...

A Huntington Beach-based developer is proposing to build a nearly one million-square-foot warehouse for artificial intelligence development in the center of the Imperial Valley.

State Sen. Steve Padilla’s letter comes as Imperial Valley residents and advocates say they were blindsided by plans for the ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial ...

The Monterey Park City Council this week postponed a key vote on a controversial, proposed data center in town, amid public demands for more time to weigh in on the project.

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California legislators considered dozens of bills related to artificial intelligence this year. That’s a number that’s climbed quickly over the last couple years as lawmakers grapple with the ...

The construction of a data center is meant to bolster the local economy and housing market by attracting potential businesses ...

A look at what’s happening in California shows that even in an environmentally progressive state, unhealthy emissions and ...

California is a major hub for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state’s energy use, climate and ...