Is a Data Center Coming

Kenosha County, WI

Microsoft Kenosha Data Center

Microsoft. Filed.

Microsoft bought about 240 acres northwest of Interstate 94 and Highway 142, roughly 8 miles from its Mount Pleasant campus, for a separate roughly 1 million square foot, four building data center project. Microsoft ended its nondisclosure agreement with the city in June 2026 but has not yet submitted site plans or applied for building permits. A resident group is pushing for a moratorium before any approval.

Status
Filed
Operator
Microsoft
Applicant on record
Microsoft
Location
Kenosha, Kenosha County, WI (approximate, city center)
Size
MW not reported, 240 acres, 1,000,000 sq ft
Cooling
Not reported
Utility
We Energies
First reported
2025-01
Last updated
August 27, 2026

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What it would mean nearby

We Energies is asking the commission for a 9.3% residential increase (We Energies general electric and gas rate case for 2027 and 2028 (docket 5-UR-112)). On a $160 monthly bill that is about $13 to $17 a month. This tariff does not change home electric rates by itself, but it is meant to make large new data centers pay the full cost of the power plants and lines built to serve them instead of spreading those costs across everyone's bill. Transmission upgrades like this are typically billed to every electric customer in the state through transmission charges, not just to the data center that made the new line necessary, which is why the cost allocation question matters for ordinary bills even outside the four counties involved.

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