Data center

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Aerial view of the Google data center complex in Eemshaven, The Netherlands, showing several large white-roofed buildings surrounded by fields, canals, and wind turbines.

Headline reading Data Centers for artificial intelligence are massive calculating machines. How do they do what they do? appears on a black background with a stylized page curl effect.

Demonstrators on the steps of the Utah State Capitol hold large signs reading No Data Centers during a protest against the proposed Stratos data center.

Modern data center in Middenmeer, Netherlands, with fenced cooling equipment and exhaust stacks beside a canal.

Facebook data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with snow-capped Flat Top mountains rising behind the fenced gray facility.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added photograph of a protest against data centers.	Erik Gregersen	Sep 23, 2026
	New article added.	Erik Gregersen	Sep 17, 2026