Small towns across Wisconsin have been brought to the forefront as large technology companies, such as Microsoft and OpenAI, look to them amidst the rise of AI data centers. There are currently 47 data centers in Wisconsin, according to Wisconsin Data Centers.
Almost as quickly as these data centers have been planned and facilitated, the fight against them has risen, bringing communities together. In Deforest, community members have shown up in droves to fight against a potential data center proposed by QTS Data Centers.
About two hours from Madison in Port Washington Wisconsin, residents discuss the construction of a multi-building data center campus created through a deal with OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers…