How do AI data centers' water consumption compare to other industries?
News Clip1:05Milwaukee Journal Sentinel·WI·6/18/2026
Melissa K. Scanlan from the Center for Water Policy at UWM School of Freshwater Sciences discusses the water consumption of AI data centers. She compares their water usage to that of other industries, in the context of town halls on data centers hosted by the Journal Sentinel.
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Melissa K. Scanlan, the director of the Center for Water Policy at UWM School of Freshwater Sciences discussed how AI data centers' water consumption compares to other industries.
She was one of the panelists at the Journal Sentinel’s town hall on data centers earlier this year.
The Journal Sentinel is hosting another town hall on July 29 and this time we're inviting the top Democratic and Republican candidates for governor to get their thoughts on data centers.
Full details here: https://tinyurl.com/datacentertownhalljuly29
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