How AI data centers could affect Pennsylvania’s water and electricity

aired; October 13, 2026 Pennsylvania is becoming an attractive location for artificial intelligence data centers, but the facilities’ growing demand for electricity and water is raising questions about their impact on local communities. Brian R. King, an associate professor of computer science at Bucknell University, says data centers house the powerful computers used to train and operate AI models. Those computers rely on graphics processing units, or GPUs, that require substantial amounts of...