Port Washington, WI

June 26, 2026

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Five Tests Now Separate Real Load From Speculation in Texas

Oracle is suing Wisconsin over financial-assurance rules that could force $100M+ annually in collateral for its Port Washington campus.

April 24, 2026

Port Washington, Wisconsin voted 2-1 on April 7 to restrict new TIF districts for Vantage's $15 billion OpenAI-Oracle campus.

April 23, 2026

Risk: the NAACP has already sued xAI over Memphis turbine operations, and Wisconsin's DNR is poised to approve 45 backup diesel generators (87 MW combined) at Vantage's Port Washington campus using only annual NOx modeling, skipping the 2010 one-hour standard.

April 15, 2026

Oracle seized capacity in Port Washington, Wisconsin.

April 12, 2026

Port Washington, Wisconsin, voted roughly 2-to-1 to require voter approval before awarding data center tax breaks, too late to stop OpenAI/Oracle's $15 billion facility but a clear signal.

April 9, 2026

Wisconsin's hyperscale boom, driven by Vantage/Oracle in Port Washington, Microsoft in Mount Pleasant, and Meta in Beaver Dam, highlights a dangerous gap: research on water consumption hasn't kept pace with projects already under construction.

March 30, 2026

In Wisconsin, MISO reversed a $1.3 billion competitive transmission award from low-bidder Viridon to incumbent ATC, citing construction urgency driven by a $15 billion data center campus in Port Washington.

March 29, 2026

In Wisconsin, MISO reversed a transmission project award, pulling a $350 million bid from Blackstone-backed Viridon and handing it to incumbent ATC to serve Port Washington's $15 billion data center campus, prioritizing execution speed over lowest cost.