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A new study finds that what Americans eat — particularly beef — plays a major role in carbon emissions in cities. And cities in the Mountain West rank among those most heavily impacted.

Anytime you punch a question into Chat G-P-T, even just Google something, the results bounce back from a data center. The facilities are popping up across the Mountain West to power the AI boom. That includes a north Denver neighborhood already struggling with poor air quality. Now some worry the project will make the problem worse. Sam Brasch reports for the Mountain West News Bureau’s Wired Wired West series.

Late-spring frosts aren’t just tough on gardens — they’re creating new challenges for black bears in the Mountain West.

The Utah Supreme Court said a private company failed to show the water would be put to “beneficial use.”

An A-I data center uses lots of power and water. But there are some that want to use less. As the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach reports for our series, the Wired Wired West, even the ones that want to go green face challenges.

Touro College of Dental Medicine in New Mexico is on a mission to reach the underserved

Just east of Reno, Nevada, sits what some say is the largest support system for artificial intelligence on Earth. It’s a data center hub that’s going to be about 1-and-a-half-times larger than the city next door. It sits in the nation’s driest state, but it will use a lot of water. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Kaleb Roedel has the next part of our Wired Wired West series.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly creeping into our lives. And in support of that super technology, nondescript data centers are popping up in cities, towns and even near cattle ranches. They require lots of power — creating new challenges for utilities. Greg Hanhe for the Mountain West News Bureau has this story in our series about data centers called the Wired, Wired West. This is part 1.

California just took a major step toward reshaping how electricity moves across the Western U.S. It’s a change that could transform the region’s power grid and boost clean energy.

Democratic lawmakers push back saying workers are victims of politics