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Some residents oppose small data center planned in former Walmart store at Midtown Center
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (584+ words) Plans for a 19, 000-square-foot data processing and computer research and services facility at the former Walmart store building at Midtown Center on Milwaukee northwest side are drawing concerns and opposition from some residents. AFS Milwaukee LLC wants to establish the…...
PSC makes significant changes while approving We Energies data center electricity rates
2+ week, 5+ day ago (193+ words) Biz Times - Milwaukee Business News PSC makes significant changes while approving We Energies data center electricity rates The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Friday approved proposed electricity rates for data centers served by We Energies while making changes aimed…...
Regulators are about to decide electric rates for data centers, here's what the public thinks
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (100+ words) Biz Times - Milwaukee Business News More than half of public comments submitted to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin opposed We Energies proposed electric rates for data centers, according to an analysis of more than 2, 100 comments performed using the very…...
Conservation, environmental nonprofits suggest a "total pause" on WEC Energy Group"s tariff proposal
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (641+ words) Milwaukee-based Walnut Way Conservation Corp. held a Tuesday press conference urging the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to deny WEC Energy Group's tariff proposal governing electricity rates for data center development. Walnut Way, alongside other local nonprofits Faith in Place…...
Serving data centers would cost customers $1. 5 billion without specialized rates, We Energies estimates
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (93+ words) Biz Times - Milwaukee Business News Serving data centers would cost customers $1. 5 billion without specialized rates, We Energies estimates We Energies estimates that if its proposed very large customer tariffs are not approved and used for data center electricity rates then…...
UScellular stage at Summerfest grounds gets new name
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (134+ words) Summerfest's UScellular Connection Stage will be renamed the T-Mobile Stage, Summerfest announced on Wednesday. The stage name change, which follows T-Mobile's $4. 4 billion acquisition of UScellular's wireless operations last year, will be in effect for the 2026 festival. The UScellular Connection Stage…...
Policy Forum report: Data centers may reverse decades of declining electricity and water demand in Wisconsin
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) A new analysis from the Wisconsin Policy Forum suggests that the growth of large data center development in the state could significantly reshape Wisconsin's electricity and water utility systems, reversing decades-long trends of declining demand. According to utility data collected…...
Multibillion-dollar" data center development planned in Dane County
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (190+ words) Virginia-based QTS Data Centers this week announced plans to build a "multibillion-dollar" data center campus in the Village of De Forest, a suburb of Madison in Dane County. QTS has a 20-year track record of designing, building and operating data…...
Meta plans $1 billion data center project in Beaver Dam
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (251+ words) Meta, the parent company of social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram, will spend more than $1 billion to build a data center campus in Beaver Dam, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. For months Meta…...
TDS Telecom to bring high-speed internet network to Lake Geneva area
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (166+ words) Madison-based TDS Telecommunications LLC announced plans to expand its all-fiber, high-speed internet network to the Lake Geneva area. Construction is scheduled to begin in some areas as early as next month. The soon-to-be TDS fiber communities are located mainly in…...