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Data center project · Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Microsoft Kenosha data center site (I-94 and Highway 142)

Site zoned or marketed · Microsoft owns 240 acres zoned for a four-building campus about seven miles from Mount Pleasant, but has not filed a site plan.

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Status
Site zoned or marketed · as of Aug. 27, 2026
Location
Northwest of the I-94 and Highway 142 interchange, City of Kenosha (annexed from the Town of Paris) · Kenosha County
Status note
Land annexed, rezoned and sold to Microsoft; the city says a site plan process must be completed before building permits, and none had been filed as of August 2026.
Power
Not reported
No power figure published in the sources reviewed.
Floor area
1,000,000 sq ft
Land
240 acres
Investment
Not disclosed
Developer and team
Microsoft
Utility
We Energies
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. Aug. 27, 2026 WPR reported residents pressing for a moratorium; the city said Microsoft ended the 2024 nondisclosure agreement on June 22, 2026, and still needs a site plan. (WPR, Aug. 27, 2026)
  2. Jan. 27, 2025 The city and state announced Microsoft had bought the land, which the council annexed and rezoned in December 2024. (BizTimes Milwaukee, Jan. 27, 2025)
  3. Nov. 15, 2024 Kenosha's plan commission was set to review rezoning for an unnamed developer's four single-story data center buildings of 250,000 square feet each, plus a substation; the city had signed a nondisclosure agreement. (WPR, Nov. 15, 2024)

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