Our Water Archives

Offsite Water Use of Data Centers

November 4, 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.…

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.…

October 9, 2025

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

October 2, 2025

Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis from nitrate contamination in drinking water.…

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?…

September 18, 2025

Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis caused by widespread nitrate contamination in our drinking water.…

September 16, 2025

New analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals scale of data center energy demand.…

September 3, 2025

In front of a packed hearing room, expert testimony began today the legal battle against Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline.…

September 3, 2025

A multi-week legal hearing challenging Wisconsin’s approval for the Line 5 oil pipeline will move to Madison this week.…

August 25, 2025

How much would you pay to swim in a clean lake? To fish in a pristine stream? You may not ever think about that, but meet somebody who does -- a lot…