Ecology Center Live: Data Centers

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How should they be regulated to benefit all of us, not just Big Tech?

Date: Thursday, June 18th

Time: 5:30pm EDT

Featuring: Dr. Wolfgang Bauer, a University Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy at MSU who helped found MSU Data Center, MSU Energy Transition Plan and MSU water tower and filtration plant; and Alexis Blizman, Legislative and Policy Director at the Ecology Center will join us to discuss:

What data centers actually do.
Why tech companies are flocking to Michigan to build data centers.
The water, energy, and toxic chemicals used in these facilities.
Current and alternative technology used for data centers.
What are the laws around data center development … and how should it be regulated?
What’s the Ecology Center doing to protect communities and the environment?