Beloit library civics academy hosting 'balanced' data center discussion
The Beloit Public Library is hosting a Civics Academy event featuring attorney Art Harrington to discuss the economic, energy, and environmental impacts of data centers. This discussion comes as the Beloit area has been debating a proposed $1 billion data center campus in the towns of Beloit and Turtle. The event aims to provide accurate information on the controversial subject.
The Beloit Public Library's Civics Academy will host a discussion titled 'Accurate Information about Data Centers: Economic, Energy, and Environmental Impacts' on Wednesday from noon to 1:15 p.m. The event will feature Art Harrington, an environmental law attorney at Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee and an adjunct professor at Marquette University, who specializes in environmental and energy law.
The discussion addresses the ongoing local debate in the Beloit area concerning a controversial $1 billion data center campus proposed for the Towns of Beloit and Turtle, which became public knowledge in March. The library's free Civics Academy series has seen high attendance, with previous data center meetings drawing standing-room-only crowds, indicating significant public interest in the topic.