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Wisconsin Data Center Intel
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Wisconsin · Construction & power moves · 1
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across Wisconsin — each traced to primary filings.
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Top JUST IN — Wisconsin
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Public Scoping Session for the Northwoods Project (PF26-6-000) (Shawano, WI)
Source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Jun 29, 2026FERC’s Northwoods Project docket is in an environmental scoping phase: “the Commission requests public comments on the scope of issues to address in the environmental document,” and “Commission staff will consider all written and oral comments during the preparation of the environmental document” (FERC). The agency also says “Representatives from ANR will also be present to answer project-specific questions.”
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System Planning Committee of the Board of Directors - June 16, 2026
Interconnection Queue Distribution Interconnection. This meeting is a part of the MISO Board of Directors week in Milwaukee, WI.
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Recent Wisconsin data center news
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The 50 States of Power Decarbonization: States Pull Back on Clean Energy Commitments While Governors Step In to Address Large Load Additions in Q2 2026
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center has released its Q2 2026 edition of the 50 States of Power Decarbonization, summarizing state and utility actions on clean energy, emissions targets, large load customers, and resource planning.
- The report says all 50 states and Puerto Rico took 564 actions in Q2 2026, with about 650 introduced bills also under consideration; planned capacity additions in recent IRPs totaled 77,810 MW gas, 72,193 MW solar, 43,017 MW storage, 12,615 MW nuclear, and 12,327 MW wind.
- It highlights policy trends including pullbacks on clean energy policies, governor actions on large load customers, and requirements that large load customers contribute to programs such as low-income support and energy efficiency; top developments included New York delaying an emissions target, Georgia Power‘s BYONCE program, and Pennsylvania adopting a statewide model large load tariff.
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Alliant Energy announces second quarter 2026 results
Alliant Energy has announced its second quarter 2026 results and reiterated its 2026 earnings guidance.
- GAAP EPS for Q2 2026 was $0.65, compared with $0.68 in Q2 2025; the company also reaffirmed 2026 ongoing earnings guidance of $3.36-$3.46 per share.
- CEO Lisa Barton said three data centers are making significant construction progress and that Alliant expects 60% load growth by 2031, with large customer load expected in 2026; the release links to the company’s investor website as the full news release.
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Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 6: From Free Trade Agreements to Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements
ITIF has published a policy report proposing Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements (STEAs) as a new framework for U.S.-led trade deals aimed at strengthening allied industries and constraining China.
- The report argues that the free trade era is over and calls for binding, reciprocal agreements with allies that include zero-for-zero tariffs, digital trade rules, defense production cooperation, investment screening, export-control alignment, and counter-IP theft measures.
- It also cites several recent or existing policy precedents and announcements, including USTR’s March 2026 Section 301 investigations, the U.S.-U.K. critical minerals MOU, and the Pax Silica initiative; the report itself is an original ITIF publication, not a news report of a single transaction.
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The Gigawatt Buildout Faces the Execution Test
The article is an analysis and commentary piece about the data center and AI infrastructure market, highlighting several recent announcements and deals rather than a single new announcement by one entity.
- Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion, while OpenAI said it is developing Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia with 3.2 GW of power to be delivered from 2028 through 2032.
- The piece also cites the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers by BlackRock, MGX and GIP, Hut 8‘s 15-year, 352 MW lease in Texas, and several financing and permitting pressures, including a possible $7 billion collateral requirement for Oracle in Wisconsin and $12 billion of financing for Meta’s Texas project.
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New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium
New York has announced a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers.
- Governor Kathy Hochul signed the order into law, immediately pausing environmental permits for projects of 50MW or more while a regulatory framework is developed.
- The framework will include a Generic Environmental Impact Statement on energy demand, water use and quality, and air quality, and local entities will receive guidance within 60 days on community benefits negotiations; the order also directs consideration of a New York Grid Acceleration Fund.
- The article also references earlier and proposed legislation, including S.9144 introduced by Elizabeth Krueger and a proposed national moratorium, the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March 2026.
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Weather grows as one of data center growth’s greatest risks
Zurich North America has released a report warning that AI-driven hyperscale data centers face a broader set of construction, operational, and insurance risks as buildouts accelerate.
- Report focus: Zurich’s report, “Data Center Risks Right Now: Six Critical Questions to Enable a Resilient Buildout,” highlights severe weather, compressed construction schedules, energy infrastructure, water availability, downtime, equipment replacement delays, workforce shortages, and geopolitical/regulatory pressure.
- Key figures: Zurich says hyperscalers are expected to spend $710 billion in capex during 2026, global data center investment could exceed $7 trillion by 2030, and new capacity added from 2026-2030 is expected to total about 100 GW; it also says average insured data center value has risen from about $150 million five years ago to roughly $3 billion today.
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Lightpath to provide fiber infrastructure for two new hyperscale data center campuses
Lightpath has announced it will provide fiber infrastructure and multi-terabit capacity to support two hyperscale data center campuses under construction in the United States.
- The two campuses are planned to exceed one gigawatt each and are located in Saline, Michigan and Port Washington, Wisconsin.
- The Saline build is scheduled for delivery by the end of this year, while Port Washington is expected in Q2 2027; both are being delivered with an anchor hyperscale customer that was not named.
- Chris Morley said Lightpath is partnering with hyperscalers to build new fiber infrastructure for AI-driven demand; Tim Haverkate said the company will deliver route-diverse, multi-terabit capacity across new construction, existing network assets, and partner fiber.
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FLOPS vs Megawatts: Who’s Winning in 2026 Supercomputing?
The article provides analysis and commentary on 2026 supercomputing buildouts, contrasting public exascale systems with hyperscaler AI campuses. It is not a first-time announcement by one entity, but a roundup of recent developments and milestones.
- The piece compares public TOP500 systems and private hyperscaler AI campuses, highlighting that private builds are measured in hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts rather than HPL scores.
- It cites several recent milestones, including Microsoft’s Wisconsin Fairwater campus, xAI’s Colossus 2, OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate, and Meta’s Prometheus nuclear power agreements.
- It also notes Alice Recoque installation in France under a €354.8 million EuroHPC JU contract with Eviden and mentions the next TOP500 list at SC26 in November.
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US-based BESS companies Peak Energy, ESS Inc and Unigrid aim to commercialise sodium-ion in US, Europe
Peak Energy, ESS Tech Inc, and Unigrid have announced new sodium-ion energy storage manufacturing, product launches, and deployment milestones in the US and Europe.
- Peak Energy selected Sacramento, California for a new Na-ion BESS manufacturing facility announced 8 July, targeting up to 4GWh annually and US$71 million in capital investment.
- The project is expected to create 239 local jobs over 18 months; Peak also cited a US$10.5 million CalCompetes tax credit awarded in May 2026 and earlier phased deals including up to 4.75GWh with Jupiter Power.
- ESS Tech Inc launched the ESS Bridge, a 1.2MWh modular Na-ion BESS for utilities, AI-driven data centres, critical infrastructure operators, and C&I customers; it can scale to 4.8MWh in the same footprint as a traditional 20-foot container.
- Unigrid announced first deliveries of its Na+Casa residential BESS, rated at 9.25kWh, with installations in Europe and US availability expected by end of 2026 pending compliance requirements.
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Plans for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, data center in former Walmart building shelved amid strong local opposition
The proposed data center-style “computing research facility” at a former Walmart site in Milwaukee has been removed from the redevelopment application after local opposition.
- The revised plan for the 108,000 sq ft Midtown site will keep the self-storage facility and add new housing plus a Milwaukee Public Library branch.
- The original concept would have used about 19,000 sq ft for a high-performance computing facility with a closed-loop glycol cooling system; Alderman Mark Chambers, Jr. said the change followed public engagement and testimony.