IL state senators set priorities entering 2026 legislative session – WCIA (Champaign)

Senator Chapin Rose said new laws prohibiting any carbon capture in areas around the Mahomet Aquifer won’t matter much if new developments drain the aquifer. “Now it turns out these AI data centers, and I’ll point out JB announced this big deal to put one attached to the Clinton nuclear power plant,” Rose said. “Well, they go through 3 to 5 million gallons of water a day. So where’s that water coming from?”