Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Hours before Town Board Democrats backed a tentative agreement guiding nearly $300 million of proposed development in central Amherst, town Republicans held a news conference blasting the deal as a ...