Texas and Northern Virginia are the pre-eminent data center capitals in the U.S., but even development-averse Southern California is set to greatly expand its digital infrastructure supply.

The AI boom has increased the upfront capital needs of data center developers, but many investors are still wary of funding a project before it has a tenant.

The Yorkville village board is set to discuss a pre-application for a proposed backup data center. The company behind the pre-application has not been publicly identified. A Microsoft spokesperson has ...