Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...

Here’s one unconventional way to pay off student loans: A burgeoning cryptocurrency business. Cryptocurrency mining, the process by which people use computing power to verify transactions on the ...

In the summer of 2023, Montevideo, Uruguay, faced its worst drought in 74 years. Authorities were forced to mix saltwater into the public drinking supply to keep taps running. At the same time, Google ...

Logistical challenges of transporting ore for refinement and market have proved challenging throughout Arizona’s mining history. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges was found in the White Mesa ...