City of Port Washington, in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on May 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Port Washington's city authorities unanimously approved annexing 500 acres from the Town of Port Washington and creating a new I-3 Technology Campus District zoning classification specifically designed to accommodate large-scale… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | May 1, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Ozaukee County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Ozaukee County
- Port Washington Common Council & Joint Review Board: conditions ordinance, enacted, November 4, 2025
- Port Washington Common Council: zoning exclusion, enacted, August 19, 2025
- Port Washington Plan Commission: zoning exclusion, enacted, March 25, 2026
- Port Washington Plan Commission: conditions ordinance, enacted, October 16, 2025
Wisconsin context
Wisconsin has 36 documented local actions across 31 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Wisconsin in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.