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Meta Beaver Dam data center

Under construction · Meta's first Wisconsin data center, a 700,000-square-foot AI campus in Beaver Dam, is under construction under an Alliant service contract the PSC approved with changes.

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Status
Under construction · as of Jan. 20, 2026
Location
Beaver Dam Commerce Park, north side of the City of Beaver Dam (County A, County W and Hemlock Road) · Dodge County
Status note
Site work was under way at the November 2025 announcement and Wisconsin Watch photographed construction on Jan. 20, 2026; Meta expects it online in 2027.
Power
220 MW
Meta's projected peak use, as reported from the PSC case by Wisconsin Watch.
Floor area
700,000 sq ft
Land
520 acres
Investment
More than $1 billion, plus nearly $200 million Meta will fund for substations and grid upgrades
Developer and team
Meta; Degas LLC (also reported as Degras LLC)
End user
Meta
Utility
Alliant Energy (Wisconsin Power and Light); American Transmission Co. building a $200 million line
Water
Dry cooling; Meta says it will restore the water it uses and restore 570 acres of wetland and prairie with Ducks Unlimited
Incentives
Beaver Dam Common Council created a tax incremental district over the site and approved a development agreement; Meta pledged $15 million to Hometown Care, Alliant's energy-bill assistance fund
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Aug. 18, 2026 Dodge County supervisors adopted an 18-month moratorium on new data centers after residents raised groundwater concerns near the Meta site. (Watertown Daily Times (via The Gazette), Aug. 19, 2026)
  2. May 7, 2026 The PSC approved a modified Alliant electric service agreement for the campus (docket 6680-TE-115). (Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, May 7, 2026; Wisconsin Watch, May 7, 2026)
  3. Dec. 1, 2025 ENR reported Mortenson as general contractor and the planned grid and habitat work. (Engineering News-Record, Dec. 1, 2025)
  4. Nov. 12, 2025 Meta, the city and WEDC announced the $1 billion campus at a ceremonial groundbreaking. (WPR, Nov. 12, 2025; WKOW 27 News, Nov. 12, 2025)
  5. Feb. 3, 2025 WKOW reported the city had created a TID over the 520-acre site and the council had met in closed session on a development agreement with Degras LLC, a Delaware company whose owners were not disclosed. (WKOW 27 News, Feb. 3, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The developer LLC is spelled Degas in WPR's report and Degras in WKOW's; no primary record naming it was pulled, so both spellings are kept.
  • TID number and creation date were not pulled from city records.

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