Wisconsin Officials Conceal Billion-Dollar Data Center Plans

Wisconsin Watch found that local officials used nondisclosure agreements and covert actions to hide multibillion-dollar data center proposals, including Meta’s Beaver Dam project where an NDA signed Dec. 1, 2023 delayed public disclosure until 2025. The investigation identified seven major projects totaling over $57 billion and documents municipal steps like TIF creation and zoning changes. The revelations spurred calls for a statewide ban on data center NDAs.
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