As the scale of data center development increases, responsibility becomes a central consideration. Building infrastructure to support advanced technology should not come at the expense of the communities that support it.

As data center and AI infrastructure demand accelerates, the industry is beginning to run into real limits around power, cooling, and scale. This article explores why even extreme ideas like space-based data centers are being discussed.

Another massive data center project appears somewhere in the country. Communities hear about multibillion-dollar developments. Power companies warn about rising electricity demand.