Designed to lure data centers, the sales tax break is now drawing scrutiny. But some say the development boom will boost ...

Preview this article 1 min The exemptions result from the state in 2023 enacting a sales tax break for purchasing equipment ...

A group of Kenosha residents and local organizations are rallying against a proposed Microsoft data center, pressing city ...

The tax break, included in the 2023 to 2025 budget passed by the Republican legislature and signed by Gov. Tony Evers, ...

The Public Service Commission approved a new rate structure for We Energies’ largest data center customers, requiring them to cover the full cost of new power generation and fuel.

State regulators approved a We Energies electric rate plan for data centers after making significant modifications that strive to hold ...

Microsoft announced it will no longer use non-disclosure agreements with local governments for data center projects.

Wisconsin is estimated to lose $1. 5 billion in initial foregone state sales tax from four data center projects, according to ...

Readers sent more than 300 questions on data centers. Here we answer how they are being financed and worries over an 'AI bubble' stalling projects.

Lobbying in Wisconsin reached a decade-long high in 2025, reaching over $47 million being spent by companies, interest groups ...

This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch. Microsoft announced last week it would stop signing nondisclosure agreements that keep its data center proposals secret, a move that received ...

Wisconsin will forgo an estimated $1.5 billion in state sales tax revenue from four large-scale data center projects under a budget-approved exemption. Separately, the IRS has set 2026 tax updates ...