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Data centers in Madison, Wisconsin

No data center in Madison is on the record yet; the page exists because the city has a scorecard row. Madison has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Madison passed a moratorium on AI data centers amid concerns about water use and high energy demands, August 25, 2026. Dane County's own decisions are on the Dane County page.

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No data center in Madison yet

No data center is on the record in Madison yet. The first published record in Madison puts it on the map and in the list here.

What Madison has decided

1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

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  1. Madisoncity

    Madison passed a moratorium on AI data centers amid concerns about water use and high energy demands, reported August 25, 2026.

    civicmedia.us primary source

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    1 act on this row
    1. moratorium adopted

      Madison passed a moratorium on AI data centers amid concerns about water use and high energy demands

      civicmedia.us primary source

    Last verified August 25, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Madison

    Moratorium adopted: Madison passed a moratorium on AI data centers amid concerns about water use and high energy demands civicmedia.us primary source

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The county and nearby counties

The county Dane County Its decisions and every record in it 32 miles away Rock County 1 data center on the record 43 miles away Dodge County 1 data center on the record 79 miles away Milwaukee County 1 data center on the record 85 miles away Ozaukee County 1 data center on the record

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/wi/dane-county/madison, updated August 25, 2026.

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