Every year, designers at Pew Research Center create hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations. We also help make a range of other digital products, from “scrollytelling” features to ...

Sometimes a good chart can do what a thousand thinkpieces can’t: make something click. The subreddit r/DataIsBeautiful is packed with visualizations that break down the world in clever, surprising, ...

The annual CPI inflation rate fell to 2.7% in November from 3.0% in September, more than economists expected. Disruptions due to the government shutdown mean Thursday’s data was distorted, though ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center electricity consumption. While running computer servers accounts for the ...

Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers. It comes after the Commonwealth announced its National AI ...

In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more data centers. Among other things, this has involved ordering rollbacks of clean water ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a large data center in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The location was chosen for its land, power, water, fiber availability, and local workforce. Data centers use ...