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Environmental studies’ Joshua Basseches and law’s Victor Flatt examine data centers’ energy and environmental impacts

Media | August 08, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Ohio U.S. Senate candidates offer contrasting visions for data centers

Ohio Capital Journal: Joshua Basseches, assistant professor of public policy and environmental studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, and Victor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law at CWRU School of Law, discussed the bipartisan support for making data centers pay their electricity costs is encouraging, even if federal legislation would have limited impact.