Wisconsin

April 15, 2026

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Build Your Own Power Plant or Lose Your Place in Line

In Wisconsin, Port Washington voters approved the state's reportedly first data center-specific referendum, requiring city approval for TIF districts exceeding $10 million.

April 13, 2026

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ERCOT's Queue Is Separating Real Developers From the Rest

The common thread across opposition movements, from Conewago Township, Pennsylvania (100+ residents at a hearing over a 541-acre zoning amendment) to Columbus, Georgia (Project Ruby's undisclosed end user fueling organized resistance) to Wisconsin ($2.6-2.98 billion in transmission costs triggering ratepayer advocacy), is a transparency gap.

April 9, 2026

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Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

Wisconsin regulators don't yet understand the water demands of three new hyperscale projects from Microsoft, Vantage, and Meta.

March 16, 2026

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"Bring Your Own Power, Water Plan, and Community Deal"

Wisconsin illustrates the legislative paralysis this creates.

March 8, 2026

Wisconsin: Protesters rallied at the state Capitol demanding a development moratorium; Dane County formed an advisory committee with a February 2027 reporting deadline

March 3, 2026

The project will generate 4,000 peak construction jobs and 300 permanent roles, joining a March deal wave that includes AMD's $100 billion supply agreement with Meta for up to 6 GW of AI capacity, Microsoft-Duke Energy power contracts covering 4.5 GW of committed generation, and Microsoft's 15-datacenter approval at the former Foxconn site in Wisconsin with $13 billion+ in taxable construction value.