JANESVILLE – As Wisconsin continues to be flooded by new data center proposals, with more expected in coming years, UW-Madison data science researchers are raising alarms about whether the state’s existing electrical power grid can handle the anticipated rising load.
Utility companies like Alliant Energy, and multi-state energy transmission system operator MISO respond that they’re prepared to shoulder an expected, and unprecedented, massive spike in demand from such hyperscale projects.
GM site data center…