US EditionWisconsin Electric Rates in Focus as Microsoft Plans 15 New Data Centers
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Wisconsin electric rates in focus as Microsoft plans 15 new data centers
Local authorities in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin gave the green light Monday for Microsoft to expand its data center footprint on the site originally planned for a Foxconn factory. The approval for 15 new data centers comes as state regulators weigh changes to electricity rates from the regional utility company, We Energies. Microsoft’s 15 new data centers are billed at $13 billion of taxable value, on top of $7 billion in data centers already un…
PSC analysts, groups say We Energies' proposed data center rates pose risks to customers
Analysts for state utility regulators and interest groups say a proposal from We Energies for special electric rates charged to data centers could pose risks for other customers’ utility bills. The post PSC analysts, groups say We Energies’ proposed data center rates pose risks to customers appeared first on WPR.
With a colossal investment of more than $13 billion, Microsoft has obtained the green light to build 15 new data centres in Wisconsin. This titanium project, built on the remains of an aborted Foxconn industrial project, crystallises the tensions between the unbridled race to computing power for AI and its heavy environmental consequences.
The municipality of Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has given green light for a massive expansion of the data centers Micro-softs. In total, the company is allowed to build 15 new data centers on the territory of the Or-Tale. (Continue reading)
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