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DEFOREST | PROPOSED DATA CENTER

Data center developer withdraws from village of DeForest

Nicole Pollack
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 3, 2026 Updated Feb 25, 2026

DeForest Village Board meeting — Neighbors seeking more influence over large developments including a proposed data center campus fill the DeForest Village Hall to capacity in early January. QTS Data Centers withdrew its applications after village staff determined there was not enough support among Village Board members for the proposal to pass.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES

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The Virginia company proposing a data center campus on nearly 1,600 acres of farmland north of Madison has notified the village of DeForest that it is suspending the project and asked for its applications to be withdrawn.

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