Is a Data Center Coming

Racine County, WI

Microsoft Mount Pleasant Phase 2 (MKE16/MKE17)

Microsoft. Under construction.

A second Microsoft data center building is under construction next door to the first Mount Pleasant campus, part of a 3.3 billion dollar investment for which bidding opened in December 2024. It is expected to open around 2028 and could bring total onsite employment at the two buildings to about 800 people.

Status
Under construction
Operator
Microsoft
Applicant on record
Microsoft
Location
Braun Road, Mount Pleasant, WI, Racine County, WI
Size
MW not reported
Cooling
Not reported
Utility
We Energies
First reported
2024-12
Last updated
June 24, 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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