Project Nova Data Center Campus (Caledonia)
Microsoft · Caledonia, WI · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 42.8210813, -87.8501324
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-13
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
- Proposed
Caledonia Plan Commission voted 5-2 to rezone the 244-acre site from agriculture to light manufacturing and office; a Village Board vote was scheduled for Oct. 14, 2025.
Underlying source - Cancelled
Microsoft withdrew the rezoning request: "Based on the community feedback we heard, we have chosen not to move forward with this site."
Underlying source
Source notes
Microsoft's third Racine County site, known internally as Project Nova: 244 acres of farmland at County Line Road and State Highway 32 (Douglas Avenue/Botting Road area), southwest of the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, planned for three data center structures plus a 15-acre electrical substation. Distinct from Microsoft's Mount Pleasant campus and its Kenosha site. WPR reported the project would have employed "anywhere from 50 to 200 people" with "about 300 to 400 construction workers" — a range, so no jobs figures are recorded here. Coordinates are a street-level geocode of Botting Road, not a parcel-confirmed point.
Sources and provenance
- Wisconsin village's plan commission approves rezoning for Microsoft data center · source retrieved 2026-09-13
- Microsoft pulls plug on plans for 244-acre data center in Caledonia after community pushback · source retrieved 2026-09-13
- Microsoft cancels Wisconsin data center (Project Nova) — three buildings and a 15-acre substation · source retrieved 2026-09-13
- Is there a data center in your community? Here's a map of the data centers in Wisconsin (lists "Project Nova, Caledonia") · source retrieved 2026-09-13
- OpenStreetMap/Nominatim geocode of Botting Road, Caledonia, Racine County, WI (coordinate provenance) · 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.