BBC

MPs fear data centre boom could derail Miliband's net zero plans

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said it's important to take data centres into account Ed Miliband has been urged to explain whether a planned boom in energy-hungry data centres have been factored ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
WDBJ

Virginia lawmakers look to address data center water use

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation to limit water consumption by data centers. It comes as Google plans to draw an estimated 8 million gallons per day from Carvins ...
JD Supra

UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 – What Does It Change?

Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team explores key changes to UK data protection rules introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and provides a checklist of ...
Wired

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...
MarketWatch

Store loyalty programs are taking your personal data and may use it to charge you more. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Store loyalty programs used to be simple: You’d get a punch card at a local sub shop, buy eight sandwiches and get your ninth for free. It felt like a transparent “thank you” for your business. But ...
The Motley Fool

AI Data Centers Just Sent This Other Metal to a New Record High

The price of silver set a new record this month. Silver's price has more than doubled this year. It continues to outperform other precious metals year to date. The price of silver broke a record this ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
VentureBeat

OpenAI now lets enterprises choose where to host their data

OpenAI expanded its data residency regions for ChatGPT and its API, giving enterprise users the option to store and process their data closest to their business operations and better comply with local ...
Inside Climate News

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...
Newsweek

Did FAA Report Tell Pilots to ‘Reject Fascism’? What We Know

The report that was sent out follows a standard format; however, the screenshots from Monday showed that a message to "REJECT FASCISM" had been added to the end of the METAR data. The images spread on ...