The largest electrical grid in the U.S. has struggled to cope with an onslaught of data centers. Now, after an auction to add more generating capacity fell short, the grid’s operator, PJM ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Council approved Nashville’s first regulations governing data centers Tuesday night, passing two zoning bills and a temporary moratorium on new data-center construction ...

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Watering your lawn in the summer can be both pragmatic and fun with so-called “silly sprinklers,” designed to create amusing loops and spirals of water jets. And there’s some fascinating physics at ...

A WIRED investigation this week offers insight into a predictive policing program in Bristol, England that has involved 23 separate models over more than a decade, intended to score the likelihood of ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, disrupting the Everglades' food chain. A single female python can lay between 20 to over 100 eggs at a time. Hunters are now financially rewarded ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill impacting data centers across the state, adding it to the list of nearly 200 laws approved so far this year. Beyond all ...

Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. each committed tens of billions of dollars in additional data center leases in their most recent quarters, adding to the massive sums the industry is spending ...

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Plus: Gay bars in San Francisco using face scanners, France quits Palantir, Apple plans to change its private email, and more. Meta is testing face-recognition software built by Rank One, a company ...

Amazon.com Inc. said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year, or about 5% of the amount metro Seattle consumes annually. The world’s largest cloud-computing company said ...