DANE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT | PROPOSED DATA CENTERS Group sues Wisconsin regulatory commission for records on data center energy use MITCHELL SCHMIDT Dec 10, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 Updated Dec 11, 2025 This is an artist’s rendering of a data center that is being built by Meta Platforms on the north side of Beaver Dam. META PLATFORMS Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MITCHELL SCHMIDT A nonprofit environmental law firm has sued the state’s energy regulation agency for records on the projected energy demand for a data center under construction in Beaver Dam.kAm%96 =2HDF:E :D E96 =2E6DE 6I2>A=6 @7 8C@H:?8 7C:4E:@? 24C@DD E96 DE2E6 @G6C E96 A6?5:?8 :?7=FI @7 52E2 46?E6CD[ >2DD:G6 6?6C8J FD6CD E92E 2C6 @7E6? DA62C962565 3J D@>6 @7 E96 ?2E:@?’D =2C86DE 4@>A2?:6D]k^AmkAm|:5H6DE t?G:C@?>6?E2= p5G@42E6D E9:D H66< 7:=65 2 =2HDF:E :? s2?6 r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE D66<:?8 E@ 7@C46 E96 DE2E6 !F3=:4 $6CG:46 r@>>:DD:@? 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E96 q62G6C s2> 2C62k^2mk^Am Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Meta makes statement about Data Center in Beaver Dam Data centers are coming to Wisconsin. So who’s picking up the tab? “These are incredibly wealthy companies that can certainly afford to pay their own way,” said the head of one watchdog organization. Marquette poll shows Wisconsinites question the benefits of data centers on bipartisan basis Data centers developments have become a hot topic around the state as technology companies look for ways to increase their capacities, especia… Meta outlines Beaver Dam data center plans, including what jobs will come and when Ultimately, the cite will employ more than 100-plus originally reported, Meta's Matt Sexton said, noting that another Meta data center current… QTS vows to pay for upgrades to electrical grid for proposed data center near DeForest The plan would rely on the sale of renewable energy credits to fund future construction projects, such as solar and wind farms, for the electr… Gableman doubles down on call for liberal justice’s recusal in disciplinary case The former state Supreme Court justice has agreed to a three-year suspension of his law license, though the state’s highest court will have fi…
Data centers are coming to Wisconsin. So who’s picking up the tab? “These are incredibly wealthy companies that can certainly afford to pay their own way,” said the head of one watchdog organization.
Marquette poll shows Wisconsinites question the benefits of data centers on bipartisan basis Data centers developments have become a hot topic around the state as technology companies look for ways to increase their capacities, especia…
Meta outlines Beaver Dam data center plans, including what jobs will come and when Ultimately, the cite will employ more than 100-plus originally reported, Meta's Matt Sexton said, noting that another Meta data center current…
QTS vows to pay for upgrades to electrical grid for proposed data center near DeForest The plan would rely on the sale of renewable energy credits to fund future construction projects, such as solar and wind farms, for the electr…
Gableman doubles down on call for liberal justice’s recusal in disciplinary case The former state Supreme Court justice has agreed to a three-year suspension of his law license, though the state’s highest court will have fi…
