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Environmental Impacts of Data Centers

Sep 11, 2026   1:00 - 2:00 pm  
Armory room 172 and online via Zoom
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Lecture
Sponsor
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Speaker
Andrew Rehn
Contact
Przemek Bosak
E-Mail
pbosak2@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
AI Horizons

Communities across the country, including here in Illinois, are facing proposals from data centers of daunting size. What was once a very large data center is now a small data center. This presentation aims to explain the boom in data centers, identify some environmental impacts to consider from them, and present on policy solutions with a Illinois state and local lens. Andrew Rehn is the Climate Policy Director at Prairie Rivers Network, lives in Urbana, serves on the Champaign County Data Center Activities Task Force, and works on statewide policy like the POWER Act, which proposes regulations on data centers.

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