QTS Dane County Data Center Campus (DeForest Vienna), in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
4 events, January 2026 to July 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 4 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Wisconsin.
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Stages
2026 4 events
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 3, 2026)
Decision · Madison (city)
City of Madison passed a one year data center moratorium in January hngnews.com (opens in a new tab)
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cancelled
QTS Data Centers proposed a 1,600 acre and 12 billion dollar data center project in DeForest but formally withdrew its application after the village board voted unanimously against it. [1]
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 3, 2026)
Decision · Dane County (county)
Dane County passed an 18 month data center moratorium in June, applicable to towns subject to county zoning hngnews.com (opens in a new tab)
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Also in June 2026: 1 line that is not an event of its own
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Decision · Dane County (county)
Dane County imposed a data center moratorium wispolitics.com (opens in a new tab)
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 3, 2026)
Decision · Cottage Grove (city)
Village of Cottage Grove passed a one year data center moratorium in July hngnews.com (opens in a new tab)
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Also in August 2026: 2 lines that are not events of their own
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Decision · Madison (city)
The moratorium on AI data centers expires in January 2027 civicmedia.us (opens in a new tab)
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Decision · Madison (city)
Madison passed a moratorium on AI data centers amid concerns about water use and high energy demands civicmedia.us (opens in a new tab)
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Also in September 2026: 1 line that is not an event of its own
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Decision · Sun Prairie (city)
Sun Prairie City Council unanimously approved a one year moratorium on new or expanded data centers larger than 10,000 square feet, unless an accessory use to an existing business, effective September 1 hngnews.com (opens in a new tab)
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For researchers
- Stage
- proposed
- Events on the timeline
- 4
- Under the months
- 4
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 7
- Statements
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- Figures
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- Entries and decisions under the months
- 4