Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...

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It might seem like they are cropping up everywhere, but Michigan is behind its neighboring Great Lakes states in developing data centers. The development boom is much more dramatic in Illinois and ...

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An Atlanta-based company appears to have withdrawn its plans to lease a huge chunk of land near Great Falls for a proposed data center that would have needed as much as 600 megawatts of electricity ...

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Data centers are quickly becoming one of the most high-profile technology, economic development and environmental stories of the year and concerns are growing about their impact on freshwater ...

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Data centers require massive volumes of water to operate, and the growing use of artificial intelligence means more of these centers are popping up in water-abundant regions such as the Great Lakes.

Construction is ongoing on the first phase of Microsoft’s data center project in Mount Pleasant in Racine County. (Photo courtesy of Microsoft, via Wisconsin Public Radio) Great Lakes states should ...

This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio. Great Lakes states should take steps to protect water resources from increasing demand from data centers and other ...