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Resources at Risk: AI Data Centers in Wisconsin

December 4, 2025

Tech companies are proposing new AI data centers in Wisconsin at a rapid pace, but details about their environmental impacts are scarce. How…

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Thousands sign petition to pause AI data center approvals in Wisconsin

December 2, 2025

Petition calls for a comprehensive state plan to ensure AI data center development will not harm communities…

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Episode 60: Hey Tech Companies, Your Gas is Showing

Hey Tech Companies, Your Gas is Showing!

November 24, 2025

In this episode, how AI is causing a fossil fuel boom in Wisconsin and the lawsuit just filed to try and stop it. …

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Episode 59: Who's paying for data centers?

Who’s Paying for Data Centers?

November 17, 2025

AI data centers are causing an unprecedented surge in energy demand across our state. Will Wisconsinites be left shouldering part of the cost?…

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Stop unchecked data center development

November 5, 2025

If data centers come to Wisconsin, they must benefit—not harm—our communities. But right now, we have far more questions than answers about their impacts.…

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New Analysis: Data Center Water Consumption Will Be Far Higher Than Tech Companies Claim

November 4, 2025

When water use at power plants is accounted for, one AI data center could use more water than an entire Wisconsin city.…

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Offsite Water Use of Data Centers

November 3, 2025

Data centers require a lot of energy. If they use non-renewable sources, their indirect water use could rival that of entire Wisconsin cities.…

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Wisconsin AI Data Center Power Needs Analysis and Comparison

October 21, 2025

1 gigawatt (GW) of data center demand equals the power needs of more than a million Wisconsin homes.…

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Clear As Mud: Hidden thirst of data centers

October 9, 2025

Large energy demands, and often corresponding water needs, pose a risk to Wisconsin’s water resources.…

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Data Center Secrets

September 21, 2025

What will the AI data center boom mean for Wisconsin’s precious water resources, our land, our energy bills? And why is it so hard to find out?…

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