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 electricity in a piece that contextualizes impacts of the industry’s rapid growth.
Read the full article on Crain’s Chicago Business website.
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