Microsoft Kenosha Data Center Campus

Facility record

Lifecycle

ProposedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

State Highway 142 west of Interstate 94

Coordinates

42.537, -87.89

Serving utility, source-reported

We Energies (WEC Energy Group)

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-22

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2025-01Proposed

   Microsoft acquired 240 acres NW of I-94 and Hwy 142 in Kenosha County; land was already properly zoned for data center operations (no rezoning required); Navix Engineering filed November 2024 application for four 250,000 sq ft single-story buildings with onsite substations

   Underlying source

Source notes

Coordinates approximate for NW quadrant of I-94/Hwy 142 intersection, Kenosha County. Land was already properly zoned for data center operations per DCD; Navix Engineering filed November 2024 permit application for four-building campus. Site is 6 miles south of Microsoft's Mount Pleasant facility; part of Microsoft's broader Wisconsin investment commitment. No building permit issued as of Jan 2025.

We Energies serves Kenosha County; the utility received PSC approval (May 2025) for a 128 MW gas plant in the Town of Paris partly to meet data-center demand. Kenosha City Council unanimously annexed and rezoned ~240 acres (late 2024; four 250,000-sq-ft buildings planned). Note that Microsoft's larger Wisconsin figures ($3.3B/$4B investment, thousands of jobs) are for the separate Mount Pleasant / Racine County campus, not this Kenosha site. Area Development reported in February 2025 an approximately $35 million investment for the Kenosha site, including the purchase of 240 acres; that is the recorded investment. As of July 2026, no Kenosha-specific jobs, water, or site-specific tax-exemption figures had been disclosed.

Sources and provenance

• Microsoft acquires 240 acres in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for data center development · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Microsoft Plans Kenosha, Wisconsin, Data Center Operations · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• We Energies service area · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• We Energies plans new gas plant for SE Wisconsin demand · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Area Development — Microsoft Plans Kenosha, Wisconsin, Data Center Operations · source retrieved 2026-07-25
• Plan commission approves new Kenosha data center (four 250,000 sq ft buildings, new substation, air cooling, city sewer and water, annexation from Town of Paris, unanimous approval Nov. 22, 2024) · source retrieved 2026-09-13
• Proposed Kenosha Data Center Remains on the Table (243-acre site west of I-94 along State Highway 142; city awaiting Microsoft site plans; construction could begin 2027) · source retrieved 2026-09-13

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.