Port Washington, WI

August 6, 2026

Wisconsin utility We Energies began construction on three renewable and battery projects, with roughly half the capacity slated to serve Vantage's Port Washington data center campus.

July 31, 2026

In Wisconsin, the Sierra Club sued the DNR to force an Environmental Impact Statement on Vantage's 3.5 GW Port Washington campus.

June 26, 2026

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.