Data Centers Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/data-centers/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:54:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Data Centers Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/data-centers/ 32 32 114651131 Champaign County’s Push for a Data Center Moratorium https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/04/champaign-countys-push-for-a-data-center-moratorium/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:46:54 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48519 April 16, 2026 | Blog Post
Champaign County's push for a data center moratorium comes to a vote by the Champaign County Board on April 23rd.

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]]> 48519 Watt’s Up With Data Centers? Community Strategies for Responding to Data Center Development https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/03/watts-up-with-data-centers-community-strategies-for-responding-to-data-center-development/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:33:29 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48381 March 13, 2026 | Blog Post
Part 3 of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Community Strategies for Responding to Data Center Development” covered environmental justice community concerns about data centers, and gave insight into new research on data center energy demand.

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]]> 48381 Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Community and Utility Perspectives https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/02/watts-up-with-data-centers-community-and-utility-perspectives/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:24:28 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48177 February 19, 2026 | Blog Post
Part 2 of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Community and Utility Perspectives” covered community leaders’ and utilities’ perspectives on large scale data center projects.

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]]> 48177 Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Introduces the POWER Act to Protect Ratepayers from Data Center Impacts https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/02/illinois-clean-jobs-coalition-introduces-the-power-act-to-protect-ratepayers-from-data-center-impacts/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:51:14 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48169 February 12, 2026 | Press Release
Advocates and legislators touted data center legislation to keep rates from skyrocketing, protect water, and prevent pollution at a press conference in Champaign.

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]]> 48169 Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Understanding Energy and Water Use https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/02/watts-up-with-data-centers-part-i/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:34:59 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48146 February 5, 2026 | Blog Post
Part I of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Understanding Energy and Water Use” covered water and energy use concerns about large scale data center projects.

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