Local business, civic leaders meet with Microsoft head to talk data centers “It’s a fascinating time,” said Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. “I do think that we’ve entered what is, in effect, an AI...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, research and daily life – powering everything from smart services to advanced analytics. Behind every AI application is a network of data centers, the infrastructure that enables high-speed computing and...
Vantage breaks ground on $15B data center investment
DENVER (Oct. 22 , 2025) – OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced plans to develop a data center campus outside Milwaukee in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The new campus is...
For three days in late April, virtually every camera in the sports world trained its lens squarely on one city: Green Bay, Wisconsin. Hosting the NFL Draft commands that level of attention. From April 24 to 26, more than 600,000 people showed up at the Green Bay...
Wisconsin has emerged as a hot spot for hyper-scale data centers, and the state’s top economic development official predicts more such projects. Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes said a major driver of the trend is...
Data centers are the new buzz for construction and development in Wisconsin as tech companies look to the Great Lakes for abundant, undeveloped land and a steady supply of fresh water. These high-tech facilities, which store and process large amounts of data, are...