Honors College Pulse: Data Center

Powering the Future: Honors Pulse Panel Takes on the Data Center Debate

As large-scale data centers arrive across Arkansas, they promise investment, jobs and critical digital infrastructure—but also raise urgent questions about energy and water use, public incentives, environmental impact and community oversight.

Join the Honors College for an interdisciplinary Pulse Panel exploring the infrastructure that powers our digital lives and the economic, environmental and political tradeoffs accompanying this new wave of development. Panelists include Jake Dionne, assistant professor of communication; Chris Farnell, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Kevin Grace, senior account executive at Google Public Sector; and Sara Gosman, associate professor of law. Honors students will moderate the discussion.

4:30–5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
GEAR 258

Pizza and refreshments will be served. The event is open to the entire campus.

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