Will data centers devour Wisconsin's climate goal?

Milfred and Hands assess the flurry of data centers being proposed across Wisconsin in communities such as  Mount Pleasant , Beaver Dam, Janesville,  Grant County  and, until recently,  DeForest . The billion-dollar projects are needed to support our phones, computers, electronic devices and artificial intelligence. But they also will consume, in many cases, more energy than the cities where they hope to locate. That risks undermining Wisconsin's goal to be carbon neutral by 2050 if the Public Service Commission approves more natural gas plants to power the centers. Our political podcasters play audio clips from the  Wisconsin Policy Forum 's recent forum in Milwaukee on data center development. 

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