Data centers in Wisconsin
Every site we track in Wisconsin, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Sites in Wisconsin
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate Lighthouse Campus Vantage Data Centers | Ozaukee | Under construction | not stated | more than 1,000 |
| Microsoft Fairwater 1 Microsoft | Racine | Operating | not stated | nearly 550 |
| Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus Meta | Dodge | Under construction | 1,000 | 100 |
| Project Cornmaze Data Center (Town of Beloit) Panattoni | Rock | Announced | not stated | more than 50 |
| Oppidan Beaver Dam Edge Data Center Oppidan Investment Company | Dodge | Announced | not stated | 15 |
| 324 E Wisconsin Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| 5Nines Data Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| 612 W Main Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| APECS Data Center Campus (Former GM Assembly Plant) Viridian Acquisitions LLC | Rock | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Ark Data Centers Green Bay (Harrison Campus) Involta | Calumet | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Aventus 715 Data Center Aventus Data Centers | Wood | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Aventus Lakes Data Center Aventus Data Centers | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Beaver Dam Meta Data Center Meta | Dodge | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Cascade Digital Power Hatfield Bitcoin Mine (Lake Arbutus Hydro) Cascade Digital Power (Digital Power Optimization) | Jackson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Central Office Owner not yet confirmed | Walworth | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Cloverleaf Wrightstown Data Center Inquiry (Village of Wrightstown) Cloverleaf Infrastructure | Brown | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| CyberLynk Franklin Data Center (MKE1) CyberLynk Network, Inc. | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility Digital Power Optimization | Wood | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Data Holdings Eau Claire Data Center Data Holdings LLC | Eau Claire | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Data Holdings Milwaukee Data Center Data Holdings LLC | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Show all 55 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center Owner not yet confirmed | Milwaukee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Edge Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Dodge | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX Madison (MAD01) EdgeConneX | Dane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Epic Hosting Verona Data Center Epic Hosting, LLC (Epic Systems) | Dane | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Ethoplex Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Expedient MKE1 (Milwaukee/Franklin) Expedient | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Expedient Milwaukee Expedient, LLC | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Fredonia Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Ozaukee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Heartland Business Systems Little Chute Data Center Heartland Business Systems, LLC | Outagamie | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ISCorp Mequon Data Center (MQS5) ISCorp | Ozaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Involta Owner not yet confirmed | Calumet | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Madison 1 Lumen Technologies | Dane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Marquette-Adams Telephone Coop Owner not yet confirmed | Marquette | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Menomonie Data Center Campus Undisclosed (Balloonist LLC) | Dunn | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Meta Data Center Meta | Rock | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Metered Mining Hammond Bitcoin Mining Facility Metered Mining | St. Croix | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Kenosha Data Center Campus Microsoft | Kenosha | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| N15W24250 Riverwood Drive Data Centre (Pewaukee) Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust | Waukesha | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Netsonic Green Bay Data Center Netsonic (Dynamic Ventures LLC) | Brown | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Network 222 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| New Era Technology Appleton Data Center New Era Technology | Outagamie | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Oracle Port Washington campus Oracle | Ozaukee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Panattoni Turtle Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Rock | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| SOS Limited Park Falls Crypto Mine (Former Flambeau River Paper Mill) SOS Limited | Price | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| SupraNet Communications Madison Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SupraNet Madison Data Center SupraNet Communications, Inc. | Dane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TSR Solutions Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| TierPoint Milwaukee TierPoint | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Town of Janesville Data Center Inquiry (Polzin/Fenric Roads) Undisclosed (approached through a San Diego-based consulting firm) | Rock | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| US Signal WI01 Madison US Signal | Dane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| US Signal WI02 Madison (Fitchburg) US Signal | Dane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Wells Interconnection Data Center (Wells Building) Wells Interconnection | Milwaukee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| West Wisconsin Telcom Owner not yet confirmed | Dunn | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ark data centers, Green Bay, WI Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Wisconsin: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
Microsoft committed to at least $1.4 billion of value increment in TID 5 Areas II and III by Jan. 1, 2028, or to pay the tax shortfall up to $15 million a year (Microsoft Mount Pleasant Data Center Campus).
- In writing
- 1 sourced tax incentive record from state and local filings. See the records
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
- Microsoft Mount Pleasant Data Center Campus: Microsoft committed to at least $1.4 billion of value increment in TID 5 Areas II and III by Jan. 1, 2028, or to pay the tax shortfall up to $15 million a year.
From 1 signed or approved incentive record in our sources for this state. Terms are as published; we have not audited whether commitments were met.
Your officials in Wisconsin
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Tony Evers D
"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..." source
Tammy Baldwin D
"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." source
Bryan Steil R
"The new jobs in Racine County? That’s a win for workers." source
Derrick Van Orden R
Show all serving officials (2 more)
Thomas P. Tiffany R
Scott Fitzgerald R
Incoming in January 2027
David Crowley D
"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." source
Rebecca Cooke D
"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," source
Michael Alfonso R
"If you were to ask me, do I want a data center in Hayward, Wisconsin, where I live? Absolutely not," source