Cascade Digital Power Hatfield Bitcoin Mine (Lake Arbutus Hydro)
Operating · Owner: Cascade Digital Power (Digital Power Optimization)1 · Congressional district 3 · Owner type: Owner formerly mined bitcoin
Jobs
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This project is in WI-3. Your representative is Derrick Van Orden.
Derrick Van Orden (R), U.S. Representative WI-3 · Outgoing, leaves office Jan 2027 · 202-225-5506 · website
How many local workers and apprentices will this project employ? Who will pay for its grid and water upgrades? Where can residents see those commitments in writing? All officials for this project
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- The effect of this project on household bills.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
Water
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- How much water this project will use and where it comes from.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
Housing
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
Taxes and incentives
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
Find jobs here
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Companies tied to this site
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Who represents this project?
A question to ask them: How many local workers and apprentices will this project employ? Who will pay for its grid and water upgrades? Where can residents see those commitments in writing?
Your current officials
- Tony Evers (D), Governor · Leaves this office Jan 2027
- Tammy Baldwin (D), U.S. Senator · 202-224-5653 · contact form
- Ron Johnson (R), U.S. Senator · 202-224-5323 · contact form
- Derrick Van Orden (R), U.S. Representative WI-3 · Outgoing, leaves office Jan 2027 · 202-225-5506 · website
Officials taking office in January 2027
- David Crowley (D), Governor-elect
- Rebecca Cooke (D), U.S. Representative-elect WI-3
A question you could ask them: who will pay for the power lines and water service this site needs?
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What they have said
"Microsoft’s investment puts Wisconsin on the very cutting edge of AI power, not just in the U.S., but throughout the world, while creating good, family-supporting jobs, growing our communities..."
I'm committed to making AI data centers pay their own way and protecting hardworking Wisconsinites from paying a penny of Big Tech's data center energy bills.
As governor, I will let communities decide for themselves whether they want a data center at all, and if they say no, that decision would be honored.4
Bottom line: Data centers will pay their own way, and communities have the ultimate say.5
I believe we need to institute a federal moratorium, pressing pause on the building of new data centers, to give community leaders more time to understand the impact on rate payers, our environment, long-term job creation and impact on our local communities,7
Protect our communities from unchecked hyperscale data centers that raise utility rates by moratorium on new development and ending tax breaks.8
Nearby sites
- Aventus 715 Data Center, Wood County, WI · 31 miles · Operating
- DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility, Wood County, WI · 45 miles · Announced
- Data Holdings Eau Claire Data Center, Eau Claire County, WI · 47 miles · Operating
- Fastenal Winona Data Center, Winona County, MN · 51 miles · Operating
- Menomonie Data Center Campus, Dunn County, WI · 66 miles · Announced
Sources
- 1.Sue Data Centers, Cascade Digital Power Hatfield Bitcoin Mine (Lake Arbutus Hydro) listing, accessed Nov 5, 2026. ↩
- 2.Associated Press race call, 2026 Governor WI result. ↩
- 3.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. House WI-3 result. ↩
- 4.Crowley campaign data centers page, Crowley campaign data centers page statement. ↩
- 5.Crowley campaign release (WisPolitics), Crowley campaign release (WisPolitics) statement, Oct 22, 2026. ↩
- 6.State Affairs ad watch, State Affairs ad watch statement, Aug 7, 2026. ↩
- 7.WEAU 13, WEAU 13 statement, Aug 16, 2026. ↩
- 8.Cooke campaign priorities page, Cooke campaign priorities page statement, Aug 9, 2023. ↩
Questions
How many jobs does a data center create?
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What trades build data centers?
Electricians do the largest share of the work, followed by pipefitters and HVAC mechanics for cooling, ironworkers, equipment operators, laborers and low voltage and controls technicians. Running sites hire data center technicians, facilities staff and security. Source
How do I find a data center job near me?
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