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Data center project · Racine County, Wisconsin

Microsoft Caledonia data center (Project Nova)

Withdrawn · Microsoft dropped a three-building campus on We Energies land in Caledonia after resident opposition, days after the plan commission approved rezoning. Also known as: Project Nova.

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Status
Withdrawn · as of Oct. 8, 2025
Location
Douglas Avenue and County Line Road, Village of Caledonia, across from the Oak Creek power plant · Racine County
Power
Not reported
No power figure published.
Land
244 acres
Developer and team
Microsoft
Utility
We Energies (land owner)
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
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. Oct. 8, 2025 Microsoft said it would not move forward with the site, citing community feedback, a week after the plan commission approved the rezoning (two members opposed) and ahead of a scheduled Oct. 14 village board vote. (BizTimes Milwaukee, Oct. 8, 2025)
  2. Sept. 23, 2025 Microsoft confirmed it was the company behind Project Nova, with conceptual plans for three buildings and a substation. (BizTimes Milwaukee, Sept. 23, 2025)
  3. July 28, 2025 Caledonia's plan commission delayed a vote on rezoning about 240 acres of farmland for an unnamed company's data center after residents objected (WPR, July 31). (WPR, July 31, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage is given as 244 or 245 acres in BizTimes reports and about 240 acres by WPR.

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