NiSource’s new GenCo subsidiary was set up to supply power to consumers like data centers without affecting other customers’ rates.

Having data centers “visible in the night sky at dawn or dusk” presents a problem because some observers “rely on twilight to hunt for near-Earth asteroids,” said Scientific American. Also, it could worsen the space junk problem, as “more hardware is launched and more debris and fragments fall back through the atmosphere.”

Without cooling, data centres fall over. In November, a cooling system failure at a data centre in the US sent financial trading tech offline at CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator. The company has since put in place additional cooling capacity to help protect against a repeat of this incident.

The data center boom continues in Indiana. But what are data centers, and why are people upset about them coming to our state? Here's what Hoosiers should know.

When it comes to protecting mission-critical data, federal agencies face a sobering truth: prevention alone is no longer enough. Cyberthreats evolve by the hour, and system outages can ripple across critical networks in seconds.

These AI campuses consume more power than major U.S. cities. Their footprints are measured in miles, not feet.

"DTE models show that a new large data center will contribute approximately $300 million annually to improving DTE's electric grid/system, helping to reduce the total amount of future investment needed from residential customers," utility spokesman Ryan Lowry said in an email to media.

Middlesex Township Planning Commission has recommended approval of a subdivision plan - creation of lots - for what would be one of the largest data center campuses in the state. Township supervisors are expected to take it up next month.

As enterprises modernize, the question is no longer whether to use SAP or non-SAP tools, but how to make them work together effectively.