This outlines the broader statewide value of approaching data centers as catalysts for digital resilience, workforce development, responsible innovation, and long-term community capacity. It provides the philosophical and strategic foundation for the recommendations and analysis that follow
A revealed-preference reading of data center siting. The construction record discloses what these facilities actually require, and water is not near the top of the list. Fast, abundant power is.
Community Technology Partnership Opportunities for Wisconsin outlines voluntary, partnership-based technology initiatives that data center operators could support to strengthen Wisconsin communities. It provides practical, community-focused opportunities—such as digital literacy programs, cloud-compute access, workforce training, and public-sector modernization—that complement large data center investments and ensure long-term public value. These do not currently exist.
Wisconsin’s energy capability: generation, delivery, rates, and the decisions that shape them.
A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Hyperscale and AI Data Center Proposals
As of November 2025, a number of data center proposals have been made for SE Wisconsin. How should we consider these?
Proposal to create a statewide center dedicated to AI safety, governance, digital resilience, public-sector modernization, and workforce training,
How to file a public comment in a Wisconsin PSC docket: what the form asks, what a comment is allowed to contain, how the record works, and what the Commission does with what you send.
Structural policy analysis. Policy, not politics.