Data Centers
Aurora Mayor Coffman seeks to halt Trident data center project after public backlash
AURORA | Mayor Mike Coffman is calling for a planned data center to be stopped after intense backlash from the local community who said they were blindsided by the project and raised concerns about health and environmental impacts. In a Facebook post, Coffman said he plans to call the Trident data center up for a […]
Arapahoe County leaders tour data centers amid community pushback, regulations
AURORA | Amid community backlash against data centers, a group of elected officials from Arapahoe County and nearby municipalities participated in a tour of local data centers in an effort to get more information about the controversial projects. On Friday, about 40 officials, municipal staff and representatives from Xcel Energy and Core Electric boarded a […]
Colorado power grid upgrades part of $2B push to prevent blackouts, address data center worries
AURORA | Colorado will receive $250 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade a key power transmission connection between Colorado and Texas, state and federal energy officials announced from Aurora yesterday. The grant is part of a U.S. Energy Department project spending about $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of […]
New Aurora data center regulations up for discussion this Monday
AURORA | City council will discuss on Monday potential data center regulations to address water usage and limit facilities from being located in certain areas. One proposed regulation would ban evaporative cooling, which is a type of cooling system data centers use that can be water-intensive, in multifamily, industrial and commercial buildings. The other would […]
Aurora council to consider 6-month pause on new data center development in the city
AURORA | City council will consider a six-month moratorium on new data centers at its Monday meeting so that the city can draft regulations for zoning, water use and other impacts. Councilmember Amy Wiles is sponsoring a resolution and ordinance to pause data center development in the city while creating specific regulations to tackle some […]
AI is an energy and water hog, here’s what you can do to counter that
WASHINGTON | As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem. Artificial intelligence and the data centers they require use growing amounts of energy and are water hogs — and AI companies aren’t transparent about how much […]
AP Exclusive: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says society needs ‘new social norms’ in the age of AI
SHERMAN, Texas | Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of the technology would improve people’s lives. Huang has been optimistic about AI’s potential to rapidly transform society, […]