Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was featured in a Crain’s Chicago Business article titled “AI’s expanding footprint comes with a big thirst for water.” Professor Scanlan spoke about AI-data center demands on water and …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan appeared in a Grist article titled “The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?” In the piece, Professor Scanlan discusses the untapped potential of this energy source. Unlike the East …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan appeared in a DW Planet A video on “Why people are throwing AI data centers into the ocean.” In the video’s exploration of various tech experiments to reduce the water and energy demands of data centers, Professor …
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The Center for Water Policy was mentioned in a Wisconsin Watch story about communities facing scrutiny after entering into non-disclosure agreements with members of the data center industry. The article highlighted the Center’s new AI-data center legislative model, including recommendations to increase transparency like requiring disclosures on water and electricity use. Read …
Water Policy Specialist and Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow Emilie Washer was featured in a “Circle of Blue” article discussing the Center’s newest AI-Data Center Legislative Model. As noted in our model and in the Circle of Blue piece, the Great Lakes region has seen an …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan appeared in WBEZ Chicago’s Curious City story about Great Lakes offshore wind. In the piece, Professor Scanlan talks about how the Great Lakes states have jurisdiction …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was a featured expert on the Milwaukee Journal’s Town Hall panel on water use by AI-data centers. Professor Scanlan highlighted that water demands include the water used to create electricity for the data centers …
The Center for Water Policy has launched a national search for a Water Policy Specialist. This position is designed to immerse emerging lawyers in the dynamic world of applied research for multidisciplinary water policy solutions. The Water Policy Specialist will …
The Center’s mission is to provide world class interdisciplinary solutions to resolve problems related to the protection, restoration, and conservation of freshwater resources. Our staff have already committed to over 20 private and public engagements in the first half of 2026 to advance that mission by sharing our expertise in the field of water law and policy. We will …
