Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Courier
GE Vernova stock Steil acquired in 2024 was valued between $1,000 and $15,000, growing to $15,000 to $50,000
Data centers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee has 1 data center on the record; it is running. Milwaukee has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Milwaukee City Plan Commission held public hearing and discussion on proposed one year moratorium on new data center developments, September 28, 2026. Milwaukee County's own decisions are on the Milwaukee County page.
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The data center in Milwaukee
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
TierPoint Milwaukee Data Center
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County · TierPoint
No dated entry on the record yet.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Milwaukee: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Milwaukee has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat 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.
- Milwaukeecity
Milwaukee City Plan Commission held public hearing and discussion on proposed one year moratorium on new data center developments, September 28, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Milwaukee City Plan Commission held public hearing and discussion on proposed one year moratorium on new data center developments
- moratorium
What happened
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· Milwaukee
Moratorium: Milwaukee City Plan Commission held public hearing and discussion on proposed one year moratorium on new data center developments wtmj.com local outlet
What was said
Kristy Nieto, Public Service Commission Commissioner, stated existing Wisconsin customers should not pay a single cent to subsidize data center service
Steil owns between $15,000 and $50,000 in GE Vernova stock as of his most recent financial disclosure
Every Wisconsin statement, by speaker
4 more statements on this page
Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Courier
Marquette University Law School poll in August showed 67% favor a data center moratorium
Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Courier
Steil accepted $13,000 in campaign donations from WEC Energy Group between 2018 and 2026
Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Courier
We Energies customers saw a 12% electric rate increase in 2025 and 2026, with another increase filed for 2027
The county and nearby counties
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Milwaukee is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Milwaukee is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/wi/milwaukee-county/milwaukee, updated September 28, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/wi/milwaukee-county/milwaukee. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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