The United States has more than 3,000 operational data centers, and that number is expected to grow substantially in the years ahead. More than 1,500 new data centers are in various stages of ...

The U.S. Army launched a new data operations center earlier this month to support the flow of information from the military’s vast troves to commanders and soldiers on the battlefield. The Army Data ...

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Business Insider analyzed work-visa salary data for over 5,000 roles at Meta in 2025. Meta paid as much as $450,000 for top software engineering roles in 2025. About half of Meta's H-1B hires are for ...

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

The generative AI models used in classified environments can answer questions but don't currently learn from the data they see. That could soon change. The Pentagon is discussing plans to set up ...

The Berlin startup, founded by two ex-Snowflake engineers, wants to be the platform where AI-generated data pipelines go to actually work. The hard part of building with AI is no longer getting the ...

A once-rare engineering role has taken over Silicon Valley, promising to bridge the gap between cutting-edge artificial intelligence and the less tech-savvy customers who want to deploy it. But not ...

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact in ...

Meryl Kornfield and Elizabeth Dwoskin can be reached securely on Signal at @merylkornfield.59 and @lizza_dwoskin.42 The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog is investigating a complaint ...