Proposed sitesMap

Proposed-site record

Port Washington campus

Public reporting has framed Port Washington as a major flashpoint in Wisconsin's data center backlash and subsidy debate.

ProposedconfirmedMedium concern

Site Snapshot

Location
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Operator / sponsor
Vantage Data Centers / OpenAI / Oracle reporting
Status / stage
Proposed · proposal
Scale
$8B to $15B-scale proposal reported in 2026
Reported project context; confirm whether any MW figure is requested, approved, energized, IT load, generation, or ultimate buildout before comparing it with another record.Capacity reading: Project-scale context · Investment context

Compute Workload

This panel tracks what the facility is for without assuming that every project is AI training, inference, or cloud capacity.

Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

No source-backed workload, customer, hardware, or training/inference allocation is attached to this record yet.

Workload classification remains unknown in the reviewed record.

Data Fields

Source leads point to attached records or reporting. They still need field-level review before being treated as verified evidence.

NDA / secrecySource lead attached
The Guardian
Public moneySource lead attached
The Guardian
WaterSource lead attached
The Guardian
PowerSource lead attached
The Guardian

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

Core tracking fields have source leads attachedFields with source leads: NDA / secrecy, Public money, Water, Power
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Sources and Leads

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The GuardianCharlie Berens takes on AI datacenters