Technology

Anticipated spikes in demand for energy to supply Wisconsin’s data center building boom come on the heels of decades of declining power and water use, according to a new report.

Months after a $1.6 billion data center proposal in Menomonie was halted by its mayor, the city council has passed an ordinance restricting where and how any potential future data centers can be built.

ATECH students like hands-on classes, enroll in paid apprenticeships and collect free college credit before continuing on to trade school. But the school has struggled to attract students, combat a persistent stigma around technical education and afford equipment and tools.

The agri-food sector isn’t one of the top targets for cybercriminals — but as farms and production facilities become more reliant on technology, they also become more vulnerable.

Residents who have been opposing a $15 billion data center in Port Washington for months are now trying to recall the city’s mayor.

The projects will introduce a mix of internet technology to unserved areas: about 76 percent fiber, 10 percent fixed wireless, and 14 percent satellite.

Social media giant Meta plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a 700,000-square-foot data center campus in Beaver Dam, bringing with it more than 1,000 construction jobs and 100 operational jobs when the campus is completed.

Janesville is the latest Wisconsin community to consider plans for a data center development.

Port Washington is moving forward with a tax incremental financing plan for the massive $15 billion data center campus.

American Transmission Co. wants to build new transmission lines, rebuild existing lines and build new substations across several counties as part of the project, according to a recent application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.