Bennet Goldstein
Investigative Reporter at Wisconsin Watch
Cover ag & environment in the heartland @Report4America @WisconsinWatch, @agwaterdesk. Formerly @OWHnews, @TelegraphHerald. https://t.co/UehAXy9vT5
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1 month ago |
civicmedia.us | Bennet Goldstein |Savanna Tomei-Olson |Jimmie Kaska
Source: CanvaIn Wisconsin and elsewhere, tech giants are contracting with utilities, which face growing power demand. A build-out of new data centers — the often-gargantuan warehouses of power-gobbling microchips that power cloud computing, artificial intelligence and social media — is capturing the attention of utilities and states, which, anticipating potential profits, are compelled to satisfy the energy needs of tech companies.
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1 month ago |
urbanmilwaukee.com | Bennet Goldstein
Wisconsin is no exception to national trends when it comes to courting Big Tech. The state has seen a handful of new data center proposals, including projects in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Rapids, Port Washington and Kenosha. Microsoft broke ground in 2023 on a 450-megawatt, $3.3 billion campus in Mount Pleasant at the former Foxconn site, although work on the data center has since paused twice.
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1 month ago |
wisconsinwatch.org | Bennet Goldstein
Reading Time: 6 minutes Click here to read highlights from the storyWisconsin has seen a handful of new data center proposals, including projects in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Rapids, Port Washington and Kenosha. Microsoft broke ground in 2023 on a 450-megawatt, $3.3 billion campus in Mount Pleasant at the former Foxconn site — a project that has twice paused. Data centers use lots of electricity — accounting for nearly 4.5% of U.S. electricity consumption in 2023.
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1 month ago |
wisconsinwatch.org | Bennet Goldstein
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wisconsin is no exception to national trends when it comes to courting Big Tech. The state has seen a handful of new data center proposals, including projects in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Rapids, Port Washington and Kenosha. Microsoft broke ground in 2023 on a 450-megawatt, $3.3 billion campus in Mount Pleasant at the former Foxconn site, although work on the data center has since paused twice.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
insightonbusiness.com | Bennet Goldstein
Dueling proposals would protect certain “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause PFAS pollution on their land — from financial liability to clean it up under the state’s spills law. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ narrower proposal would exempt only residential and agricultural properties polluted with PFAS-contaminated sludge.
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