The water demands of AI-data centers continue generating questions and concerns, not just in the U.S. but internationally. Center for Water Policy Assistant Director Tressie Kamp was quoted in the French publication franceinfo about looking toward the future resource demands of our AI use and the associated resource demands of AI-data centers. “If …
The Great Lakes region is experiencing an AI-data center boom. Unprecedented demands of the industry on water supplies, electric grids, and local infrastructure have exposed gaps in our water policies. Center Water Policy staff Melissa Scanlan, Tressie Kamp, Emilie Washer, and Will Matuska’s Op-Ed in the Milwaukee Journal …
The Center for Water Policy has operated since 2011 after Lynde B. Uihlein endowed the Center with a charitable gift of $2.6 million. Today, we are thrilled to announce an additional generous gift of $4 million from Lynde B. Uihlein to the Center’s Endowment, part of her historic $10 million gift to the School …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan contributed to a Great Lakes Now article examining the potential for—and stalled progress of—Great Lakes offshore wind energy. In the piece, Professor Scanlan outlines five primary factors that have stalled offshore wind …
Last week, Center for Water Policy Assistant Director Tressie Kamp was a keynote speaker at the Blue Futures symposium hosted by Water@UW-Madison. The symposium focused on the influence of emerging technologies, scientific innovation, and evolving policy landscapes on water systems. Kamp presented about the hidden environmental …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan contributed to an E&E News article examining the water and sewer infrastructure needs of AI-data centers and how consumers feel the cost of expanding that infrastructure. “There is a real need to understand the impact on …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan appears in an in-depth data center piece with a short video released by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The piece explores the reasons for–and impacts of–the uptick …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan appears in a short video released by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from their town hall event in February. The 38-second clip discusses myths about closed-loop data centers. Check it out …
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 …
