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Plans for a big data center next to Samsung Electronics' $17 billion chip factory in Central Texas may be on the horizon as a Dallas-based developer eyes a 220-acre parcel directly northeast of the ...

UPDATE: Following publication of this story on Thursday, Oct. 30, Michigan officials identified the data center being served by DTE as a project by ChatGPT creator OpenAI and partners in Saline ...

Fueled by a boom in artificial intelligence and the nation’s insatiable demand for cloud computing, Michigan is plunging into an era of massive data centers. Across the state, developers are pitching ...

A data center set to be built on southeast Michigan farmland is the latest example of what rural communities face as demand rapidly grows for sprawling warehouses to support artificial intelligence.