{"id":357690,"date":"2026-07-30T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357690\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:51:07","slug":"floridas-springs-the-drought-and-the-impact-of-ai-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357690\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s springs, the drought, and the impact of AI data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been much talk about the significant amount of water used by AI data centers.<br \/>These centers are being built around the country, often amid outcry from residents.<\/p>\n<p>How might such a center impact Wakulla Springs and other water bodies?<\/p>\n<p>The potential effect of data centers on springs is part of today\u2019s Speaking Of.<\/p>\n<p>A weekly deep dive into Tallahassee&#8217;s most talked about news topic. Hosted by Gina Jordan every Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Diaz De Villegas from <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2026\/07\/florida-springs-drought-and-data-centers-coast-to-canopy\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our sister podcast Coast to Canopy<\/a> speaks with Haley Moody of the Florida Springs Institute about the information local officials should seek out if they&#8217;re considering allowing the development of large data centers. <\/p>\n<p>The full discussion includes a research initiative to fully map the cave system feeding Wakulla Springs and the connectedness between Tallahassee and the springs. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, we look at how water usage in Florida has affected the 300 springs around the Suwannee and its tributaries and the potential effects of AI data centers on our groundwater.<\/p>\n<p>We also hear from Ming Ye, PhD, Professor of Hydrology at the Florida State University Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) and the Department of Scientific Computing; and Kellie Keys, Communication Team Director of the Wakulla Springs Lab at Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p>Click LISTEN above to hear the podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s been much talk about the significant amount of water used by AI data centers.These centers are being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-357690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}