Microsoft Mount Pleasant Data Center Campus

Facility record

Lifecycle

OperationalSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

42.7209, -87.9023

Serving utility, source-reported

We Energies

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

1000 MW

Source record updated

2026-10-30

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. 2024Proposed

   Site reported as part of Microsoft's $80B global AI data center investment plan

   Underlying source
2. 2025Under construction

   Construction active; Racine County site confirmed

   Underlying source
3. 2026-08-04Operational

   Microsoft announced June 23, 2026 that its first Fairwater datacenter facility in Mount Pleasant is fully operational (equipment came online April 2026), with nearly 550 employees on site; a second adjacent facility remains under construction (targeted 2028).

   Underlying source

Source notes

Microsoft pledges to match every fossil-fuel kilowatt-hour one-for-one with carbon-free energy; a 250 MW solar project in Portage County is under construction to support the commitment. No on-site generation reported.

Sources and provenance

• Microsoft announces $3.3 billion investment in Wisconsin (Mount Pleasant campus) · source retrieved 2026-09-14
• Microsoft data center coming to Racine County, Wisconsin — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · source retrieved 2026-07-05
• Made in Wisconsin: the world's most powerful AI datacenter · source retrieved 2026-09-13
• Microsoft's Wisconsin AI Data Center Campus Now Fully Operational · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Local leaders see data centers as revenue boon, but critics say subsidy programs undermine those efforts · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Microsoft in Racine County · source retrieved 2026-09-13
• Microsoft says it hired around 375 people for its Mount Pleasant data center · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Microsoft completes construction on first datacenter facility in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin · source retrieved 2026-08-04
• Microsoft finishes construction of Mount Pleasant data center, plans for more · source retrieved 2026-08-04
• Microsoft's $7.3 Billion AI Data Center Just Caught a Nasty Lawsuit From Furious Neighbors · source retrieved 2026-09-10
• Microsoft data centers will use up to 8.4M gallons of water each year, records show · source retrieved 2026-10-30

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