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Recent Wisconsin data center news

• Oct 14, 2026

  INNIO to announce third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 27, 2026

  INNIO N.V. has announced that it will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 27, 2026 and hold a conference call the same day.

  • Third-quarter 2026 results will be released Tuesday, October 27, 2026, before market open.
  • Management will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET; the earnings press release and supplementary financial information will be posted on the INNIO Investor Relations website, with a replay available for direct download.
  • The announcement also states that INNIO delivers power for applications including data centers, microgrids, grid stabilization, industrial energy, and gas compression.
  • Contact details are provided for Timothy Furcillo (Investor Relations), Stefan Schmidt, and Alexander Becker (Media Contact).
• Oct 13, 2026

  We Energies Unveils Plan for New 750-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Wisconsin

  We Energies has announced a plan to build a new 750-MW natural gas-fired power plant at its existing Fox Energy Center site in Wrightstown, Wisconsin.

  • The utility filed an engineering plan with state regulators for the proposed Fox North Energy Center; construction is not expected to begin until 2029, with commercial operation targeted for late 2032 if approvals are granted.
  • We Energies said the project would improve grid reliability and meet growing electricity demand; the article also cites a Wisconsin draft energy assessment linking 72% of projected demand growth to three data center developments in the state.
  • The utility did not disclose an estimated cost and did not say whether the plant would serve a data center.
• Oct 13, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index

  ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.

  • The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
  • It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
  • The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
  • The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
• Oct 12, 2026

  Voices: Strength in numbers. Tribal Nations are building energy sovereignty together.

  MTERA executive director Daniel Wiggins Jr. argues that Tribal Nations are deepening energy collaboration after federal clean-energy funding was cut, and he calls for greater public awareness and inclusion of Tribes in energy proceedings.

  • MTERA says it was founded in 2014 and now brings together 33 Tribes across Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to help plan, finance, and operate energy projects.
  • The article says MTERA aligned more than $62 million in federal funding in 2024 for residential solar in EPA Region 5, but the Solar for All program was terminated in August 2025, cutting more than $500 million for Tribal clean energy nationwide.
  • This is an opinion column in Planet Detroit’s Voices series, not a new project announcement; it also introduces Tribal Energy Voices as a platform for Tribes to tell their own energy stories.
• Sep 22, 2026

  Voices: Michigan PFAS Awareness Week is a call to action

  Planet Detroit published an opinion piece warning that Michigan data center expansion could create new PFAS pollution and worsen an existing contamination crisis.

  • The author says data centers proposed across Michigan, including 1-gigawatt Project Cannoli in Van Buren Township, could add PFAS pollution through refrigerants and cable coatings, while the project would use up to 3.6 million gallons of water per day from the Great Lakes Water Authority.
  • The piece cites Michigan’s existing PFAS burden, including more than 300 contaminated sites, and calls for stronger regulation, including treating all PFAS as a group and making polluters pay for cleanup; it is explicitly labeled a Voices column, meaning it is an opinion article rather than a new policy announcement.
• Sep 21, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 7: Transforming Regulatory Policy

  ITIF has published a policy report arguing for a major transformation of U.S. regulatory policy to support national techno-economic competition with China.

  • The report says Congress should centralize national issues such as AI regulation, preempt many state privacy/AI laws, and reduce federal barriers for nationally important projects such as industrial parks, infrastructure, and data centers.
  • It also argues for NEPA repeal, Section 404 repeal, size-neutral rules, antitrust reform, and a new Commerce Department process to designate up to 100 projects per year for streamlined approval; it also proposes federally designated industrial readiness zones of 50–100 sites of at least 3,000 acres each.
  • Monetary values mentioned include $98 billion–$112 billion annually in potential out-of-state privacy compliance costs, $1 trillion+ over 10 years, $650 million in a Facebook BIPA-related settlement cited in the report, and $100 billion a year for carbon removal referenced in a supporting example.
• Sep 1, 2026

  Alliant Energy named a Top Utility in Economic Development 

  Alliant Energy has announced that it was named a Top Utility in Economic Development by Site Selection Magazine for the eighth consecutive year.

  • Site Selection credited Alliant Energy and its partners in Iowa and Wisconsin with delivering more than $12.2 billion in new capital investment and creating more than 1,220 new jobs in 2025.
  • The company said the 2025 projects included 12 industrial wins across the 1,300-plus communities it serves, with data center and manufacturing accounting for the largest share of projects.
• Sep 1, 2026

  Make Every Data Center a Power Hub

  David J. Pfeffer argues that U.S. data centers should be treated as integrated power infrastructure rather than simple electricity loads.

  • He says hyperscale campuses should add generation, storage, flexibility, and resilience, and that expedited approvals should require new supply, payment of infrastructure costs, and enforceable grid support during emergencies.
  • The commentary cites recent policy and regulatory actions, including a 2025 executive order on AI data center permitting, the 2026 Ratepayer Protection Pledge, the DOE/FERC large-load review in Docket No. RM26-4-000, and FERC’s separate June 2026 proceedings for the six RTOs/ISOs.
  • It also references state responses in Texas, New York, and Wisconsin, plus broader industry estimates such as nearly $3 trillion in U.S. AI infrastructure investment through 2030.
• Aug 31, 2026

  Noise lawsuit is latest in legal wave hitting data center operations

  Microsoft has been sued in federal district court over alleged noise nuisance from its Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.

  • The proposed class action claims a low-level hum from cooling systems and generators is not captured by dBA monitors, and asks for millions in compensation for residents.
  • The article says this is one of several noise-related lawsuits filed this year against data centers; similar cases have been filed in Mississippi, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, and Texas, while an environmental nuisance case against Amazon reportedly settled for more than $20 million.
• Aug 27, 2026

  Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box

  Data Center Knowledge reports that at least 18 incumbent officeholders lost elections between August 2025 and August 2026 after actions tied to data center projects or controversies.

  • Utah saw the clearest cases: J. Stuart Adams, Lee Perry, and Boyd Bingham all lost GOP primaries after involvement with the proposed Stratos project in Box Elder County.
  • In Missouri, four incumbent Festus city council members lost after a fight over a proposed $6 billion data center project; other losses and campaign attacks appeared in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Oregon, and Georgia.
  • The article is a news analysis/review, not a primary announcement; it aggregates election results, government records, campaign materials, and local reporting, and includes industry and policy responses from Tigercomm, Data Center Coalition, and state leaders.