Data Centers

According to polls, affordability is the biggest issue American voters are concerned about in this midterm election. We explore what affordability means and its future.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be conducting a statewide review of the environmental consequences posed by large data centers. The measure comes after Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sierra Club last July.

What regulations can Wisconsin lawmakers put on data centers? A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum suggests what elected officials could do.

New restrictions could shape what data center development looks like in the city of Milwaukee.

AI company leaders are calling for a slowdown as developer from Anthropic resigns and warns of risk to humanity. How are AI researchers in Wisconsin reacting?

Opposition to data centers cuts across party lines, a rarity in Wisconsin politics. But who has the power to say whether a project is approved, or under what conditions?

AI is reshaping how people do their jobs, and for some newsrooms, that means using it as a tool to strengthen their reporting.

The City Plan Commission tabled a decision on a proposed redevelopment of the former Midtown Center Walmart, which closed in 2016. But what's in the proposal, and what's to come next month?

A suspicious pitch led an editor to uncover a freelance writer publishing fake stories for major newsrooms. His story gives insight into journalism’s AI era.

On June 29, a City of Milwaukee committee is slated to consider a small but controversial data center. It would be located at a vacant Walmart near 60th and West Capitol Drive.