A new data center development has been proposed in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Located northwest of Interstate 94 and Highway 142 in Kenosha County, an unnamed operator has filed for a four-building data center campus, as reported by WPR.
According to city documents filed by Navix Engineering, each facility would span 250,000 sq ft and will feature an on-site substation.
Further details have not been shared.
The site comprises six parcels of land, totaling approximately 240 acres. Some of this land currently includes homes and farmland and will need to be rezoned for the development.
The planning commission is set to review the request on November 21, 2024.
The land is currently in the town of Paris, but is part of an area in a boundary agreement between Paris and Kenosha, making it annexed under Kenosha in the plan.
Data centers in Wisconsin have historically been concentrated in Milwaukee. Kenosha is now home to three Microsoft facilities; one in Sturteveant and two in Mount Pleasant. All three are under construction.
The company broke ground on the first plot of land in Mount Pleasant last year. The cloud company then gained approval for another 1,000-acre expansion earlier this year amid further land acquisitions and purchased another 205 acres in July.
Microsoft then bought 70 acres of land for the same site in August. On August 16, Microsoft also purchased a 1.4-acre lot and ranch house at 2615, near Louis Sorenson Road.
The tech giant plans on spending $3.3 billion by 2026 to build the initial phase of its data center development.
