Google, SpaceX and Blue Origin are reportedly racing to develop technology for AI data centers in space, but it will likely be years before we see them rocketing into the sky, experts say.

Data centers require substantial water and energy. But certain locations are more strained than others, mainly due to rising temperatures.

Oppidan Investment Co. has been on a data center building spree lately with one nearly built in Berkeley and another planned in Foristell

Microsoft is trying to defuse a nationwide backlash against the energy-hungry AI boom by promising to pay the full cost of powering its data centers and to walk away from local tax breaks that once sweetened those deals.