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Data centers in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

No data center in Sun Prairie is on the record. The nearest one planned is Janesville AI Data Center, about 36 miles away, reported. The nearest running is Meta Beaver Dam Data Center, about 29 miles away.

Sun Prairie 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: 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, reported September 3, 2026. Dane County's own decisions are on the Dane County page.

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The closest data centers to Sun Prairie

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Wisconsin and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported

    Site not located

    Janesville AI Data Center

    Janesville, Rock County

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    About 36 miles from the center of Sun Prairie to Janesville, the seat of Rock County.

  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Meta Beaver Dam Data Center

    Beaver Dam, Dodge County · Meta

    Latest, reported September 17, 2026: Meta Beaver Dam data center is a $1 billion, 520 acre project expected to enter service in 2027

    About 29 miles from the center of Sun Prairie to the center of Beaver Dam.

    journaltimes.com news outlet

What Sun Prairie 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 one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Sun Prairiecitynot ratedSun 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 news outlet Reported Sep 31 act on this row
Every act on the Sun Prairie row
  1. moratorium adopted

    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 news outlet

Last verified September 3, 2026.

12026-09-03

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.

The rules across Wisconsin

What happened

  1. hngnews.com news outlet

Wisconsin, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Dane County: No data center on the record yet. A pause is on the record.
28 miles away Beaver Dam: 1 data center on the record.
32 miles away Dodge County: 1 data center on the record.
36 miles away Janesville: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.
36 miles away Rock County: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.
65 miles away Milwaukee: 1 data center on the record.
69 miles away Port Washington: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Wisconsin county.

Questions about Sun Prairie

Is there a data center near Sun Prairie?

No data center in Sun Prairie is on the record. The nearest one planned is Janesville AI Data Center, about 36 miles from the center of Sun Prairie to Janesville, the seat of Rock County, reported. The nearest running is Meta Beaver Dam Data Center, about 29 miles from the center of Sun Prairie to the center of Beaver Dam.

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Is Sun Prairie allowing new data centers?

Sun Prairie has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: 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, reported September 3, 2026.

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Researcher view · Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin · 0 records, 1 rule row · Census GEOID 5578600 · basis and source tier on every row · verified September 3, 2026

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