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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AI data centers in Wisconsin will use more energy than all homes in state combined
September 16, 2025
New analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals scale of data center energy demand.…
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Gas-hungry data centers: The biggest threat to the clean energy transition?
July 8, 2025
With the recent change in federal administration, incentives for clean energy are at risk. And there is another trend threatening to derail decarbonization goals—the data center boom.…
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PSC approves plan to power AI data center with gas plants
May 22, 2025
Decision will bring 1,200 MW of new, dirty power to southeast Wisconsin.…
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AI data centers and the artificial need for dirty energy
March 27, 2025
Whether knowingly or not, you’ve probably already encountered some form of artificial intelligence. Google’s search results autoload AI-powered summaries; Microsoft has integrated AI-powered features into its business software offerings; uncanny AI-generated images have proliferated across every social media platform.…
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