{"id":12924,"date":"2025-10-14T16:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?p=12924"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:45:22","slug":"rutgers-computer-and-technology-law-journal-published-powering-progress-or-peril-the-hidden-environmental-costs-of-data-centers-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/rutgers-computer-and-technology-law-journal-published-powering-progress-or-peril-the-hidden-environmental-costs-of-data-centers-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal Published \u201cPowering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of Data Centers and AI\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Data centers are rapidly developing across the country to meet demands for artificial intelligence, data storage, and cloud computing. But their environmental impact, especially regarding water use, is largely obscured from public view.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the subject of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/centerforwaterpolicy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Water Policy\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;recent article. Water Policy Specialist Peyton McCauley, Interim Assistant Director Cora Sutherland, and Director Melissa Scanlan investigate the environmental footprint of data centers. Some data centers use as much as one-quarter of local water supplies, which has raised alarm.&nbsp; However, the industry\u2019s collective impact isn\u2019t transparent; incomplete government records, inconsistent voluntary reporting, and limited reporting requirements produce fragmented data.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ultimately, this published academic research sheds light on the hidden water use of our increasing reliance on AI-data centers and highlights the need for greater sustainability and transparency in the industry.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Quick Facts: What you need to know<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Incomplete Environmental Data.\u00a0<\/strong>While incomplete, early evidence suggests data centers are undermining decarbonization and water conservation progress.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Massive Amounts of Water.\u00a0<\/strong>Lawrence Berkeley Lab estimated that in 2023 U.S. data centers consumed 228 billion gallons of water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lack of Transparency.\u00a0<\/strong>In addition to obscured data showing environmental impacts, there\u2019s very little public debate or analysis before data centers are announced.\u00a0 This undermines local control and the ability to understand and make informed decisions about hosting data centers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Read the research:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peyton McCauley, Cora Sutherland &amp; Melissa K. Scanlan, Spring 2025 Symposium Special Edition,&nbsp;<em>Powering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of Data Centers and AI<\/em>, 51 Rutgers Comput. &amp; Tech. L. J. SE1 (2025). [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5560480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5560480]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Check out CWP\u2019s previous work and involvement on data centers:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/09\/10\/great-lakes-data-centers-water-threats\/?share=stawutt0rnbt25t5ah5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Surging numbers of data centers around the Great Lakes could lead to water shortages<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<em>Chicago Tribune,&nbsp;<\/em>featuring quotes from CWP Director Melissa Scanlan (September 2025)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/data-centers-consume-massive-amounts-of-water-companies-rarely-tell-the-public-exactly-how-much-262901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water \u2014 Companies Rarely Tell the Public Exactly How Much<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<em>The Conversation&nbsp;<\/em>(August 2025)<em>&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5169836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside ESG Reporting: Thirsty Data Centers Reveal Limits to Transparency<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<em>American Bar Association&nbsp;<\/em>(April 2025)&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data centers are rapidly developing across the country to meet demands for artificial intelligence, data storage, and cloud computing. But their environmental impact, especially regarding water use, is largely obscured from public view.&nbsp;&nbsp; That\u2019s the subject of the&nbsp;Center for Water &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38966,"featured_media":12925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[249,36,37],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-12924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-brief","category-news","category-research-impact","tag-water-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Freshwater Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/rutgers-computer-and-technology-law-journal-published-powering-progress-or-peril-the-hidden-environmental-costs-of-data-centers-and-ai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal Published \u201cPowering Progress or Peril? 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