Advocacy group sues for release of energy needs for Beaver Dam data center

(The Center Square) – An environmental group has filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission asking for the electrical load projections for a $1 billion artificial intelligence data center in Beaver Dam.

The PSC released electrical load information for a planned 1,300 megawatt data center in Port Washington but denied releasing the data for the Beaver Dam facility after it was requested by the Midwest Environmental Advocates.

“It appears the PSC is unlawfully withholding this information because either Meta or a public utility is claiming the electricity demand for the data center is a trade secret,” MEA Legal Fellow Michael Greif said in a statement. “We call on Alliant Energy, American Transmission Company and Meta to be forthright with the public about their plans. These companies are asking a lot of the public and the public deserves, at least the very least, basic information about the data center’s massive energy needs.”

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