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Microsoft Mount Pleasant Area II Expansion
Microsoft. Approved
Microsoft has approval for mass grading on a 791 acre expansion area at its Mount Pleasant campus, planned for about 2 million square feet of additional data center space. In January 2026 the village board approved site plans allowing up to 15 more Microsoft data centers here over the next decade, part of a further 13.3 billion dollars in investment Microsoft has proposed for the area.
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- Status
- Approved
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Applicant on record
- Microsoft
- Location
- 11508 Braun Road, Mount Pleasant, WI, Racine County, WI
- Size
- MW not reported, 791 acres, 2,000,000 sq ft
- Cooling
- Not reported
- Utility
- We Energies
- First reported
- 2024-08
- Last updated
- January 21, 2026
What happens next
Still to come: permits and construction. Builders do not always announce a construction start date in advance.
Sources
- Microsoft to expand data center in Mount Pleasant, Spectrum News 1, 2026-01-21
- Microsoft proposes $13.3B expansion in Mount Pleasant with two new data center campuses, Racine County Eye, 2026-01-20
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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Common questions
Where is the Microsoft Mount Pleasant Area II Expansion data center?
It is in Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI.
Has the Microsoft Mount Pleasant Area II Expansion data center been approved?
Yes, it has been approved.
How big is the Microsoft Mount Pleasant Area II Expansion data center?
Reported size: 791 acres, 2,000,000 square feet.
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