Wisconsin communities win fights against data center development
Data center proposals have spread across the country, but with one Dane County town winning its battle against a project, eyes are now on DeForest for inspiration.
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Data center proposals have spread across the country, but with one Dane County town winning its battle against a project, eyes are now on DeForest for inspiration.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “Day of the Badger,” a 1,848-minute online fundraising campaign supporting scholarships, academic programs, research and campus initiatives, returned this week. The fundraiser brought together fundraising efforts, campus programming and social media engagement in a university-wide show of support for students and academic programs.
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For Beaver Dam native Ren Nickel, the rise of large scale AI data centers across the country hits close to home.
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