{"id":220288,"date":"2026-05-26T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers-texas-am-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:05:22","slug":"ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers-texas-am-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers-texas-am-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"AI\u2019s growing footprint raises fire safety challenges for data centers \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers\/\">AI\u2019s growing footprint raises fire safety challenges for data centers \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers\/\">https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 10:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"stories.tamu.edu\">stories.tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Growing Energy Demand<\/strong>: As demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence increases, so does the need for powerful and numerous data centers, which also heightens the fire risk due to larger energy use.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Research Team<\/strong>: Texas A&amp;M University researchers led by Dr. Qingsheng Wang are analyzing fire risks in data centers with collaboration from George Washington University and UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Key Fire Risks<\/strong>: Fires in data centers can originate 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