FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
Data centers have become unlikely stars of the news cycle. Once a largely invisible infrastructure behind our digital lives, they are now at the center of a very visible debate, one that doesn't divide neatly along traditional political lines.
Data centers aren't new to Arkansas. What is new is their scale. The state already has smaller data centers supporting businesses and digital services, but a new generation of far larger facilities is now arriving, driven in part by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and our seemingly bottomless appetite for being connected.
Major projects are proposed or under development in L...