Great Lakes States face a data center governance gap

Read the full story from Circle of Blue. See also: More than 200 data centers are planned for the Great Lakes region, but water and energy questions remain. Two newly published playbooks aim to help residents and legislators better prepare for and regulate the...

Rural Illinois sites eyed for future data centers

Read the full story from KCRU Public Radio. See also The local implications of data centers for rural communities in the US from the Brookings Institution. lllinois continues to be a hot spot for data center construction. Rural areas are next on the list, and...

The fight over Illinois’ data center boom is coming to a head

Read the full story in the Chicago Reader. Amid a nationwide fight over data centers, concerns around water, electricity, and pollution are at the forefront of communities where developers are proposing to build data centers. By 2028, data centers could use 12 percent...

Data centers in Illinois: A news roundup

Data centers have become an increasingly hot topic in Illinois as the use of AI continues to grow. Community pushback against new construction and the introduction of the POWER Act during the current legislative session have kept the issue in the news. Illinois...

HEEDS EDC-North Carolina meeting

EDC-North Carolina’s fifth annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026. It will be held at NIEHS in the Rodbell Auditorium, and attendance is free and open to everyone. There will be awards for best posters; posters from other meetings are accepted. More...

EDC-North Carolina meeting

Friday, May 29, 2026 is the date of the HEEDS EDC-North Carolina annual meeting. It will be held at NIEHS in the Rodbell Auditorium, and attendance is free and open to everyone. There will be awards for best posters; posters from other meetings are accepted. More...

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