Companies typically don’t make announcements about building community trust unless those communities are already pushing back pretty hard,’ one environmental group says.

When a data center project leaves Wisconsin, we don’t just lose buildings. We lose momentum, leverage and a real chance to shape our economic future. That sounds abstract and theoretical, but there is ...

BEAVER DAM — How did a $1 billion, 520-acre data center proposed by one of the world’s richest companies go unnoticed in tiny Beaver Dam, Wisconsin? A key reason: In a city that lists “communication ...

Transparency cannot depend on a company’s goodwill or public relations strategy. Rather, transparency is foundational to democratic decision-making and community trust, especially for projects with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As power-hungry data centers proliferate, states are searching for ways to protect utility customers from the steep costs of ...

Assembly Republican held a press conference on Monday regarding data centers across the state. Opponents of a Port Washington data center have launched a recall effort against the mayor following ...

Organizers gather in Menomonie, Wisconsin in early December, 2025 to protest against a $1.6 billion data center proposal in their community. Residents’ concerns over data center development in rural ...

Organizers gather in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in early December 2025 to protest against a $1.6 billion data center proposal in their community. Residents’ concerns over data center development in rural ...

Vantage purchased more than 1900 acres of land, 672 acres of which are slated for data center construction. Just to the south and east of I-43, the City of Port Washington hugs Lake Michigan. Data ...

This story was produced andoriginally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible bydonors like you. How did a $1 billion, 520-acre data center proposed by ...

Blaine Halverson joked that his only exposure to data centers was from the Mission Impossible movies in the 1990s. That was, until one came to his town. Over the last seven months, Halverson’s ...