Mount Pleasant, WI · Racine County · 42.721°N 87.902°W
Microsoft Mount Pleasant Data Center Campus
Microsoft
Key facts
- Location
- Mount Pleasant, WI, Racine County
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW planned
- Powered by
- grid (We Energies) + planned renewables
- Announced
- 2025-01
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Investment
- $3.3B
- Land
- 1,575 acres
- Jobs
- 2,300 construction · 550 permanent
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Mixed · Utility: We Energies
- Cooling
- Hybrid
- Water use
- 0.702 MGD
Microsoft pledges to match every fossil-fuel kilowatt-hour one-for-one with carbon-free energy; a 250 MW solar project in Portage County is under construction to support the commitment. No on-site generation reported.
Primarily dry cooling with evaporative backup only above ~85°F, running waterless for 90%+ of the year. 0.702 MGD is the regulatory-filing peak for the full campus (Phase 1 peak ~0.234 MGD); water is sourced from the city of Racine (Lake Michigan).
Public subsidies
- Wisconsin data center sales and use tax exemptionWisconsin · 2023
- Village of Mount Pleasant incentive payments (~42% of Phase 1 revenue, capped at $5M/year)Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin · 2023
Community sentiment
Village and county leadership are supportive; Midwest Environmental Advocates sued the city of Racine over withheld water-usage records, and Marquette Law School polling found ~70% of Wisconsinites believe data-center costs outweigh benefits. The Microsoft deal itself carries no new public borrowing, against a Foxconn-era backdrop of local debt.
Microsoft says it hired around 375 people for its Mount Pleasant data centerStatus history
- Proposed
Site reported as part of Microsoft's $80B global AI data center investment plan
Microsoft will invest $80B to build out AI infrastructure — Microsoft On the Issues - Under construction
Construction active; Racine County site confirmed
Microsoft data center coming to Racine County, Wisconsin — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Location
Sources & data provenance
Reported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
Last updated:
- MicrosoftRetrieved:
- Milwaukee Journal SentinelRetrieved:
- Microsoft On the IssuesRetrieved:
- Data Center KnowledgeRetrieved:
- Wisconsin Public RadioRetrieved:
- Racine County Economic Development CorpRetrieved:
- Wisconsin Public RadioRetrieved:
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