Microsoft, Wisconsin (site not yet named)

Microsoft · Wisconsin (approximate)

StatusOperational

CapacityNot reported

Investment$7B

First seenJan 9, 2025

Latest newsOct 20, 2026

Confidencelow

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Status timeline

1. Jan 9, 2025Cancelled / Blocked Engineering News-Record
2. Jan 9, 2025Cancelled Engineering News-Record
3. Sep 18, 2025Operational WBAY
4. Sep 18, 2025Expansion WLUK
5. Sep 18, 2025Revived WBAY
6. Sep 30, 2025Approval WPR
7. Oct 8, 2025Cancelled / Blocked WPR
8. Oct 8, 2025Cancelled WPR
9. Nov 10, 2025Expansion Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
10. Jan 26, 2026Approval CNBC
11. Jun 23, 2026Operational Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
12. Jun 23, 2026Revived Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
13. Oct 20, 2026Expansion Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

News about this project

• Microsoft planning to expand data center operations to SturtevantMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Oct 20, 2026 · Expansion
• Wisconsin regulators, Microsoft question utility plan for data center transmission costsWPR · Aug 28, 2026 · Announced
• Kenosha area residents push for data center moratorium to pause proposed Microsoft developmentWPR · Aug 27, 2026 · Announced
• Kenosha residents back data center moratorium amid Microsoft proposalThe Daily Reporter · Aug 27, 2026 · Announced
• Kenosha community packs Rhode Center for forum on proposed Microsoft data centerTMJ4 News · Jun 30, 2026 · Announced
• Microsoft’s US$ 3.3 billion Wisconsin data center goes live ahead of scheduleW.Media · Jun 24, 2026 · Operational
• Microsoft completes construction on first Racine County data centerMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Jun 23, 2026 · Operational
• Microsoft's plans for 15 more data centers win approval at former Wisconsin Foxconn siteCNBC · Jan 26, 2026 · Announced
• Packed Kenosha meeting — residents spark conversation over Microsoft’s proposed data centerTMJ4 News · Nov 17, 2025 · Announced
• 'What we do matters’: Viral video sparks Kenosha residents’ concerns over Microsoft’s planned data centerTMJ4 News · Nov 15, 2025 · Announced
• Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as construction continuesPBS Wisconsin · Nov 13, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft expands Racine County data center holdings. It just spent $38 million on 135 acresMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Nov 10, 2025 · Expansion
• Microsoft scraps plans for Caledonia data center site, working to find an alternate locationWPR · Oct 8, 2025 · Cancelled / Blocked
• Microsoft’s Third Wisconsin Data Center Plan Advances in Racine CountyConstructConnect News · Oct 7, 2025 · Announced
• Wisconsin village’s plan commission approves rezoning for Microsoft data centerWPR · Sep 30, 2025 · Announced
• Caledonia Plan Commission approves rezone of property for Microsoft data centerMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Sep 30, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft unveils its largest AI data center yet; to spend US$ 7 billion on Wisconsin facilityW.Media · Sep 22, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft plans $4B addition to Wisconsin data centerFinance & Commerce · Sep 19, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft announces $4 billion data center expansion in southeastern WisconsinWLUK · Sep 18, 2025 · Expansion
• Microsoft announces additional $4 billion data center in Racine CountySpectrum News · Sep 18, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft nears completion of ‘world’s most powerful AI datacenter’ in Wisconsin, plans 2nd oneWBAY · Sep 18, 2025 · Operational
• Microsoft plans $4 billion expansion of Racine County work for an advanced AI data centerMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Sep 18, 2025 · Expansion
• Microsoft announces $4B investment in second data center in Racine CountyWPR · Sep 18, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft abandons some data center projects. Company says Mt. Pleasant work on trackMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Mar 27, 2025 · Cancelled / Blocked
• Microsoft in Wisconsin; data center plansFOX6 News Milwaukee · Feb 26, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft pays nearly $35 million for Kenosha land to build data centerMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Jan 29, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft acquires 240 acres in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for data center developmentData Center Dynamics · Jan 28, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft acquires 240 acres in Kenosha for major data center projectMilwaukee Journal Sentinel · Jan 27, 2025 · Announced
• Microsoft Pauses Construction of Portions of $3.3B Wisconsin Data CenterEngineering News-Record · Jan 9, 2025 · Cancelled / Blocked