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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Data Centers Threaten Wisconsin and Global Climate
Amy Barrilleaux (photo courtesy Clean Wisconsin)
The internet, cloud storage and artificial intelligence seem like magic in part because the ugly part of how such things are produced is hidden from the end user. Every e-mail, every social media post, every ChatGPT query requires a computer server and physical storage media somewhere. That “somewhere,” increasingly means data centers, which, as many places in Wisconsin are finding out, means thousands of acres of farmland consumed and unprecedented electrical consumption. Data center construction projects are underway or proposed in Port Washington, Kenosha, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Rapids and the Town of Vienna. Amy Barrilleaux is the Communications Director for Clean Wisconsin, and she joined the Monday Buzz on September 15, 2025.
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By Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, Jonathan ZarovWORT 89.9FM Madison · Data Centers Threaten Wisconsin and Global Climate
Amy Barrilleaux (photo courtesy Clean Wisconsin)
The internet, cloud storage and artificial intelligence seem like magic in part because the ugly part of how such things are produced is hidden from the end user. Every e-mail, every social media post, every ChatGPT query requires a computer server and physical storage media somewhere. That “somewhere,” increasingly means data centers, which, as many places in Wisconsin are finding out, means thousands of acres of farmland consumed and unprecedented electrical consumption. Data center construction projects are underway or proposed in Port Washington, Kenosha, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Rapids and the Town of Vienna. Amy Barrilleaux is the Communications Director for Clean Wisconsin, and she joined the Monday Buzz on September 15, 2025.
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