Environmental Resilience Institute

Statewide

IU: Tech companies, governments could do more to reduce environmental impacts of data centers

Rebecca Thiele

AI data centers need a massive amount of energy to operate 24/7. Multiple Indiana utilities plan to serve them with new natural gas plants or by keeping coal plants open — leading to more air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Statewide

Program to plant trees in cities to combat extreme heat, flooding expands

Rebecca Thiele

Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute got a $5 million grant from the federal Inflation Reduction Act to help more cities build out their green infrastructure over the next five years.