Meta outlines Beaver Dam data center plans, including what jobs will come and when TERRI PEDERSON Nov 14, 2025 Nov 14, 2025 Updated Dec 15, 2025 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Matt Sexton realizes there are concerns about the upcoming Beaver Dam data center.kAmw6 ;FDE 2=D@ D66D H96C6 E96 H@C=5 :D 962565]k^AmkAm“*@F D66 H96C6 H6 92G6 4@>6 :? 2 G6CJ D9@CE 2>@F?E @7 E:>6 H:E9 C62= E:>6 2?5 cz G:56@[ '# 2?5 |6E2 px 2?5 C62=\H@C=5 2AA=:42E:@?[ 2?5 6IA@?6?E:2= ?665 7@C 9F>2?:EJ E@ EC2?D>:E 2?5 DE@C6 5:8:E2= :?7@C>2E:@?[” $6IE@?[ |6E2 !=2E7@C>’D 4@>>F?:EJ 56G6=@A>6?E C6AC6D6?E2E:G6 7@C x@H2 2?5 (:D4@?D:?[ E@=5 =@42= =6256CD %9FCD52J 2E 2? 64@?@>:4 56G6=@A>6?E =F?496@?] “$@ D@@?[ H96E96C J@F <?@H :E @C ?@E[ 3:==:@?D @7 A6@A=6 24C@DD E96 H@C=5 H9@ C6=J @? @FC D6CG:46D E@ 4@??64E 2?5 8C@H E96:C 3FD:?6DD6D 2?5 :56?E:7J 2?5 6IA6C:6?46 ?6H E9:?8D H:== 36 :?E6C24E:?8 H:E9 q62G6C s2>[ (:D4@?D:?]”k^Am People are also reading… Former Mount Horeb star sidelined for freshman season with Wisconsin men's basketball Lake Geneva considers options for adding more boat slips Phil Hands cartoon: What's allowed to be higher than the Capitol in Madison? 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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is building Beaver Dam's data center The $1 billion, 700,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to be built in two phases ending around 2031.
Phil Hands cartoon: Why are energy bills so high? Ask AI Energy bills are on the rise, and a major culprit is the new data centers being built across Wisconsin. These massive facilities store the dat…
Group sues Wisconsin regulatory commission for records on data center energy use The lawsuit is the latest example of growing friction across the state over the pending influx of data centers coming to Wisconsin.
Senate committee will investigate state DOJ over hiring of outside environmental legal fellows Attorney General Josh Kaul has said the hiring of outside environmental legal fellows is needed to help the department hold polluters accountable.
