TOWN OF VIENNA — The pink elephant here may be getting even more company, besides the proposed Buc-ee’s across the street.
Kathryn Crawford, of Portage, and her granddaughter, Darla Crawford, 8, of DeForest, stop to take a selfie Friday with the pink elephant along Highway V near DeForest. Just to the west of the attraction, a Virginia company is proposing a $3 billion data center campus on 615 acres of farmland.
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Residents gather last week at the Vienna Town Hall to see a presentation from QTS Data Centers about the company's proposed 615-acre data center campus. Many had questions about the size of the project, energy use and the loss of farmland.
This farmland would be part of a proposed 615-acre data center campus for QTS Data Centers, along Highway V west of DeForest in the town of Vienna.
QTS officials describe the typical appearance of a data center. The project proposed for the town of Vienna west of DeForest would include up to 15 buildings and cost up to $3 billion.
Photos: PinSeekers in DeForest
PinSeekers' driving range, as seen from the third floor, features 10 targets that light up when hit by a golf ball. The owners of the facility also envision concerts at the venue with the band on the range with the lights synced to music.
A protective barrier of netting that rises 160 feet into the air surrounds the golf range at PinSeekers in DeForest. It's 250 yards from the tee boxes to the back net.
Ryan Ranguette, left, and Austin Palm, co-owners of PinSeekers, stand on one of the DeForest facility's two putting courses. The driving range can be seen in the background and includes a three-story building with 60 hotting bays.
The ABS Global sign has for 55 years been a popular landmark along Interstate 39-90-94 in DeForest but is now dwarfed by the poles and nets that surround the driving range at PinSeekers.
Ryan Ranguette, co-owner of PinSeekers, said the development team for PinSeekers is also building an identical facility in Tiffin, Iowa, and wants to have 10 facilities in the Upper Midwest by 2028.
Ryan Ranguette, co-owner of PinSeekers, shows off some of the 60 golf bays under construction at the DeForest facility.
A view of the driving range as seen from the second level entry way at PinSeekrrs in DeForest. The year-round golf and entertainment facility is scheduled to open in September.
Work is underway on the two 18-hole putting courses at PinSeekers in DeForest. A layer of sand underneath the turf will provide a more realistic feel for golfers. In the background is a building that has 60 hitting bays on three levels for the driving range.
Ryan Ranguette, right, and Austin Palm, co-owners of PinSeekers, at the facility overlooking the golf range in DeForest.
Ryan Ranguette, left, and Austin Palm, co-owners of PinSeekers in DeForest, visit one of the golf range's 10 massive targets that light up when hit by a golf ball. The facility is scheduled to open in September and includes two 18-hole putting courses, a bar and restaurant and four lanes of mini bowling.
