Google is behind Duluth-area data center that’s been cloaked in secrecy A proposed data center in Hermantown has been confirmed since September, but its owner has remained secret for more than a year.

In an exclusive interview, Google’s new AI infrastructure chief says the tech giant has a “significant investment” planned. At current levels, Forbes projects it could be a very big number indeed.

New data centers can lead to higher electric bills and lock in aging, outdated coal plants. But a Google project in Minnesota takes a different approach: The tech giant is paying to build enough clean ...

First look: In a flat stretch of southeastern Minnesota, Google is building what may become one of its most technologically ambitious data centers yet – one designed to run almost entirely on ...

New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private ...

WILBARGER COUNTY, Texas — Google has announced a new data center with energy agreements in a rural Texas county, officials say. The data center will be co-located with the power generation company AES ...

The utility has signed an electric service agreement to power the data center, which will support core Google services such as Search, Maps, YouTube, and Workspace. As part of the agreement, Xcel and ...

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...

Among the many problems posed by the rapid proliferation of data centers around the world is the strain on local water supplies. These facilities need plenty of water for cooling the vast arrays of ...

Google will build its first data center in Minnesota in a small town called Pine Island. The tech company will also bring 1,900 megawatts of new renewable energy to the state under an agreement with ...

Google is planning to open a data center in Pine Island, Minnesota. The tech giant is teaming up with Xcel Energy, and says it will pay for all costs associated with electric service. Xcel and Google ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This week, Google confirmed that its the company behind the new 500-acre tech campus coming to Kansas City’s Northland. In 2025, Port KC’s Board of Commissioners approved the ...