Village of Mount Pleasant Village Board, in Racine County, Wisconsin, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on January 26, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Village of Mount Pleasant Village Board, in Racine County, Wisconsin, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on November 27, 2023. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The records read: "The Mount Pleasant Village Board unanimously approved two site plans for Microsoft's $13.3B expansion — adding 15 data-center buildings on two new campuses — after the Plan Commission unanimously approved them on January 21, 2026.… (datacentertracker.org)." "The Mount Pleasant Village Board unanimously approved Microsoft's $1.4B expansion, allowing acquisition of 1,000+ acres including 630 from Mount Pleasant and the remaining acreage from private landowners within Tax Increment District 5… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | January 26, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | November 27, 2023 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Racine County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.