Wisconsin

Residents’ concerns over rumored AI data center reshape Wisconsin community

Residents’ concerns over rumored AI data center reshape Wisconsin community

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Residents in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin are mobilizing early against rumored AI data center plans, with concerns centering on land use,...

Local referendum delay shows community process can stall AI data centers in Wisconsin

Local referendum delay shows community process can stall AI data centers in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Janesville, Wisconsin’s fight over a proposed >$450 million data center on the old GM site is now as much about...

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin data center build reshapes Foxconn-era AI infrastructure plans by Microsoft

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin data center build reshapes Foxconn-era AI infrastructure plans by Microsoft

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Microsoft just got the green light to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, spread across two new campuses...

Balancing AI data center growth, labor concerns, and grid impacts in Wisconsin

Balancing AI data center growth, labor concerns, and grid impacts in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 840 tightens rules on new data centers by forcing closed-loop cooling, mandatory water reporting to the DNR,...

Secrecy around massive Wisconsin data centers reshapes communities before input

Secrecy around massive Wisconsin data centers reshapes communities before input

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Meta, OpenAI/Oracle/Vantage, Microsoft and QTS are driving a $57 billion wave of hyperscale data center builds across Wisconsin, with single...

Wisconsin data center secrecy limits reshape how AI builds are planned

Wisconsin data center secrecy limits reshape how AI builds are planned

Melissa Palmer
January 23, 2026

Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill to stop data center developers from using agreements that hide project details from the...

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Microsoft wants approval for 15 massive data centers on the former Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, on top of two...

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Kaukauna, Wisconsin is moving to explicitly regulate future data centers before any hyperscaler or colo shows up. The proposed rules...

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Melissa Palmer
January 13, 2026

Wisconsin’s data center buildout is reversing decades of declining electricity demand, with utilities projecting peak load to rise from 14.6...

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Wisconsin Republican legislators are signaling they want to grow data centers while preempting local backlash around land, water, and power....