Who’s building in Wisconsin
Closest to protected land
- Oppidan Data Center (Beaver Dam)Dodge County · Unsized, inferred5.4 mi
- Meta Beaver Dam Data CenterDodge County · Large · 220 MW7.8 mi
- Bella Mia (HostDrive) Lake Geneva Data CenterWalworth County · Small, inferred8.1 mi
Distance is to the boundary of the nearest protected unit; open a row to see which.
Projects communities stopped
15 proposed projects in Wisconsin were defeated, withdrawn or blocked after local pushback, a moratorium or a developer’s own retreat.
- Viridian GM/JATCO Site Data Center (Janesville)Rock CountyWithdrawn
- QTS Data Centers (DeForest)Dane CountyCanceled
- Midtown Walmart Data Processing Facility (5825 W. Hope Ave, Milwaukee)Milwaukee CountyWithdrawn
- Anonymous Developer Data Center (Cassville)Grant CountyCanceled
- Stonebridge Pacific Data Center (Columbia County)Columbia CountyWithdrawn
- Cloverleaf Infrastructure Wrightstown Data Center MoratoriumBrown CountyWithdrawn
- Village of Tigerton Data Center MoratoriumBlocked by moratorium
- PNK Group Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill Data CenterWood CountyCanceled
- Dane County Hyperscale Data Center MoratoriumDane CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Meta / Cambrin LLC Beloit Data Center (Project Cornmaze)Rock CountyBlocked by moratorium
- City of Superior Data Center MoratoriumDouglas CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Balloonist Data Center (Menomonie)Dunn CountySuspended
- Microsoft Project Nova (Caledonia)Racine CountyWithdrawn
- Marathon County Data Center MoratoriumMarathon CountyBlocked by moratorium
- City of Madison Temporary Data Center MoratoriumDane CountyBlocked by moratorium
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Every tracked facility in Wisconsin
61 facilities across 19 counties, the busiest first. Open a county for its rows; each row opens the facility.
Milwaukee County 17 operating17
- 1547 Wells Building (MIWI1)Edge · 1 MW
- Aventus Lakes Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Cogent Data Center - Milwaukee 2Network, inferred
- CyberLynk Network Franklin Data Center (MKE1)Small, inferred
- Data Holdings Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Expedient Franklin Data Center (MKW1)Edge · 1 MW
- Expedient MilwaukeeEdge · 2 MW
- Flexential Milwaukee WIEdge · 9 MW
- i-Site Data Center MilwaukeeSmall, inferred
- Iron Mountain Milwaukee Data CenterMid-size, inferred
- MilwaukeeColo Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Netwurx 324 E Wisconsin Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Red Anvil Milwaukee Data Center #2Small, inferred
- TierPoint MilwaukeeColo, inferred
- TSR Solutions MilwaukeeSmall, inferred
- Vaultas Milwaukee Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Veolia Data CenterSmall, inferred
Dane County 1 proposed 1 under construction 9 operating11
- Dane County Data Exchange 2Mid-size · 60 MW
- QTS Madison Data CenterCampus, inferred
- 5NINES Data Center MadisonSmall, inferred
- EdgeConneX Madison (EDCMAD01) / Dane County Data Exchange IColo, inferred
- Epic Systems Verona ITEdge · 4 MW
- Lumen Madison 1 Data CenterNetwork, inferred
- Network 222 Data CenterSmall, inferred
- OneNeck IT Solutions Madison Data CenterEdge · 6 MW
- SupraNet Madison Data CenterSmall, inferred
- US Signal Madison WIColo, inferred
- Wisconsin DET State Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
Racine County 4 operating4
Waukesha County 4 operating4
Kenosha County 1 proposed 2 operating3
Ozaukee County 1 under construction 2 operating3
Wood County 1 under construction 2 operating3
Dodge County 1 proposed 1 under construction2
Eau Claire County 2 operating2
Outagamie County 2 operating2
Rock County 1 proposed 1 operating2
Brown County 1 operating1
Calumet County 1 operating1
Dunn County 1 operating1
Marathon County 1 operating1
St. Croix County 1 proposed1
Walworth County 1 operating1
Washington County 1 operating1
Whitewater County 1 operating1
Data centers in Wisconsin: common questions
- How many data centers are in Wisconsin?
- More Than Just Parks tracks 61 active data center facilities in Wisconsin, each citing a public source: 52 operating, 4 under construction and 5 proposed. 15 more were canceled, withdrawn or blocked.
- How much electricity do Wisconsin's data centers use?
- We don’t publish a state total, and the reason matters: roughly four in ten facilities never disclose a capacity, so any sum would look like a census of Wisconsin's data center load while leaving out the sites that stayed quiet. Each facility page shows the figure its own source states. A single large campus can draw as much power as a small city.
- Are Wisconsin data centers near protected land?
- 3 of the tracked facilities in Wisconsin sit within 10 miles of protected public land, measured to the real boundary of the nearest national park, wilderness area, wildlife refuge or conservation area; 0 sit within a single mile.
Every facility on this page cites a public record we can link to: industry reporting, facility trackers, company announcements, and local planning and utility filings, cross-referenced against protected public land. Part of the Data Center Tracker from More Than Just Parks. A row prints a capacity only where its own source states one.
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