"Duke University is building a 1.5-megawatt data center in Durham, N.C., with potential for expansion to 3 megawatts. The $23 million project aims to support university research and AI initiatives while focusing on sustainability. Faculty and local activists have raised concerns about the facility's energy and water consumption potentially undermining the university's carbon neutrality goals. The project is exempt from a local data center moratorium due to its status as a secondary facility for educational purposes."